Amazon Rainforests houses some of the most exotic species of flora and fauna that are not found anywhere else in the world. It is one of the largest tropical rainforests.
In 2011, a fungus, Pestalotiopsis microspora, found in the Amazonian Forest can survive on a diet solely consisting of polyurethane (plastic). It can also do so in a non-aerobic environment.
According to a theory, a large part of the Amazon rainforest may be a ‘giant orchard’, the legacy of people who flourished here between 450BC and 950AD.
A 17-year-old woman, Juliane Koepcke, fell 3 km into the Amazon rainforest when her plane crashed. She survived & walked 10 days before being rescued. All 91 of her other co-passengers died.
The full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once a day and once a night for a period of only three weeks once a year, resulting in a continuous 4-meter high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
An oil pipeline in Ecuador, South America has spilled more oil into the Amazon river than the Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska.
Of the top 8 largest rivers by the volume of water discharge, the Amazon River is bigger than all the others combined.
The Amazon River pours so much water into the Atlantic that fresh water can be found so far offshore where there isn’t any land in sight.
There is a 350 member tribe in the Amazon whose language appears to be very profoundly unique.
New ant species discovered in the Amazon likely represents the oldest living lineage of ants in the world.
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