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WILD THINGS ABOUT THE AMAZON

Added on: 20th May 2016

 

 

A NEWLY DISCOVERED, BLIND, AND SUBTERRANEAN

ANT SPECIES IN THE AMAZON IS THOUGHT TO BE A

DIRECT DESCENDENT OF THE VERY FIRST

SPECIES OF ANT

A newly discovered, blind, and subterranean ant species in the Amazon is thought to be a direct descendent of the very first species of ant

 

 

SOME ANTS IN THE AMAZON ARE KNOWN FOR

RAIDING NEIGHBOURING COLONIES AND TAKING SLAVES

Some ants in the Amazon are known for raiding neighboring colonies and taking slaves

 

 

MARTIN STREL, A LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER FROM

SLOVENIA, ONCE SWAM THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF

THE AMAZON IN JUST OVER 2 MONTHS

Martin Strel, a long distance swimmer from Slovenia, once swam the entire length of the Amazon in just over 2 months

 

 

FOR THREE WEEKS EVERY YEAR THE FULL MOON

CAUSES A TIDAL WAVE TO ROLL UP THE AMAZON

RIVER EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. SOME SURFERS HAVE

BEEN KNOWN TO RIDE THE WAVE FOR OVER

10 KILOMETRES

For three weeks every year the full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river every single night. Some surfers have been known to ride the wave for over 10 kilometers

 

 

UNDERNEATH THE AMAZON IS ANOTHER RIVER.

IT IS ABOUT 4 KM DEEPER, SIGNIFICANTLY WIDER

AND JUST AS LONG. IT HAS BEEN NAMED THE RIO HAMZA

Underneath the Amazon is another river. It is about 4 km deeper, significantly wider, and just as long. It has been named the Rio Hamza.

 

 

20% OF THE WORLD'S OXYGEN COMES FROM THE

AMAZON RAINFOREST

20% of the world's oxygen comes from the Amazon Rainforest

 

 

ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS EXPEDITIONS IN THE PAST

TRIED TO FIND THE LOST ANCIENT CITIES OF THE

AMAZON THAT WERE RUMOURED TO BE COVERED

IN GOLD, SCIENTISTS EVENTUALLY STARTED

DOUBTING THAT CIVILIZATION COULD PROSPER IN

SUCH HARSH CONDITIONS AND ON SUCH INFERTILE SOIL

Although numerous expeditions in the past tried to find the lost ancient cities of the Amazon that were rumored to be covered in gold, scientists eventually started doubting that civilization could prosper in such harsh conditions and on such infertile soil.

 

 

SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND EVIDENCE OF TERRA PRETA,

OR DARK SOIL, COVERING VAST PATCHES OF THE

AMAZON. THEY THINK THAT ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS

COVERED THE GROUND WITH THIS MAN-MADE AND

NUTRIENT RICH SOIL WHICH WOULD HAVE ALLOWED

CITIES AND FARMS TO BE BUILT

Scientists have found evidence of terra preta, or dark soil, covering vast patches of the Amazon. They think that ancient civilizations covered the ground with this man-made and nutrient rich soil which would have allowed cities and farms to be built

 

 

17 YEAR OLD JULIANE KOEPCKE LANDED IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE AMAZON WHEN HER PLANE CRASHED.

ALL 91 OTHER PASSENGERS DIED BUT SHE WALKED

FOR 10 DAYS BEFORE RESCUERS FOUND HER

17 year old Juliane Koepcke landed in the middle of the Amazon when her plane crashed. All 91 other passengers died but she walked for 10 days before rescuers found her

 


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