THE AMAZON

THE AMAZON IS THOUGHT TO HAVE 2.5 MILLION

SPECIES OF INSECTS AND MORE THAN HALF

ARE THOUGHT TO LIVE IN THE CANOPY OF

THE AMAZON

THERE ARE TRIBES IN THE AMAZON THAT HAVE NOT

YET BEEN "CONTACTED" AND SOME SCIENTISTS

ARE AGAINST DOING SO

THERE IS A THEORY THAT THE AMAZON IS ACTUALLY

A GIANT ORCHARD THAT IS LEFT OVER FROM A

CIVILIZATION THAT FLOURISHED IN THE AREA

NEARLY 3,000 YEARS AGO

THE AMAZON RIVER DUMPS SO MUCH FRESH WATER

INTO THE OCEAN THAT FOR NEARLY 100 MILES

OFF SHORE THE OCEAN IS LESS SALTY THAN NORMAL

THE MOUTH OF THE AMAZON RIVER IS SO LARGE

THAT IT ENCLOSES AN ISLAND NAMED MARAJO.

THE CRAZY PART, MARAJO IS ROUGHLY THE

SIZE OF SWITZERLAND

THE AMAZON USED TO FLOW INTO THE

PACIFIC BUT IT CHANGED DIRECTIONS

A CERTAIN FUNGUS DISCOVERED IN AMAZON

(PESTALOTIOPSIS MICROSPORA) CAN ACTUALLY

LIVE EXCLUSIVELY ON A DIET OF PLASTIC

IN TERMS OF WATER FLOW, THE AMAZON RIVER

IS BIGGER THAN THE NEXT 8 LARGEST RIVERS

ON EARTH COMBINED!