WHY THE AMAZON IS UNIQUE

HENRY FORD ONCE BUILT A "WORK VILLAGE" IN

THE AMAZON TO HARVEST RUBBER. TODAY

FORDLANDIA IS AN ABANDONED GHOST TOWN

ARAPAIMA IS A 300 POUND FISH THAT LIVES IN

THE AMAZON AND IS COVERED IN ARMOUR TO

PROTECT IT FROM PIRANHA BITES

SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THAT WINDS IN THE

BODELE DEPRESSION OF THE SAHARA DESERT

SWEEP 40 MILLION TONS OF DUST ACROSS THE

ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ONTO THE AMAZON BASIN

EVERY SINGLE YEAR

ONE DAYS’ WORTH OF WATER FLOWING OUT OF

THE AMAZON RIVER IS EQUAL TO 12 YEARS OF

WATER USAGE BY THE ENTIRE CITY OF NEW YORK.

THE RIVER ACTUALLY ACCOUNTS FOR 20% OF

THE WORLD'S FRESH WATER

THE AMAZON IS PACKED WITH SO MUCH BIODIVERSITY

THAT A SINGLE BUSH CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE

SPECIES OF ANTS THAN THE BRITISH ISLES…AND

THAT'S JUST ANTS

THE AMAZON GOT ITS NAME WHEN FEMALE WARRIORS

ATTACKED SPANISH EXPLORER FRANCISCO ORELLANA.

HE NAMED THE RIVER RIO AMAZONAS AS HE

COMPARED THE FEMALE WARRIORS TO THE

AMAZONS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY

THE AMAZON IS HOME TO OVER 3,000 FRUITS.

BY COMPARISON, WESTERN CULTURES ARE KNOWN

TO EAT AROUND 200

THE RAINFOREST IS HOME TO MORE THAN HALF OF

THE WORLD'S 10 MILLION SPECIES OF ANIMALS