Just watching a special on PBS. Amazing facts about the Amazon Jungle:
1/5 of the world's oxygen is generated in the Amazon.
1/5 of the world's fresh water is located in the Amazon.
A single tree is 160 feet high, is the giant of the Amazon. It's brazil nuts harvests $50k a year.
85% of the Amazon has not been explored yet. Some native tribes living inside have no idea of an outside world.
A pod dropped from the tree is the size of a cannon ball. It travels 55 mph as it hurls to the forest floor. Agouti shells the cannon ball, finds the seeds inside, and buries them and forgets where.
It takes a tree some 500 years to grow.
It makes me appreciate how important the earth resources really are.
...dave
Do not be afraid to go out on a limb ... That's where the fruit is. -Anonymous
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