Fighting for the survival of the Amazon's Monkeys.
Amazon Facts
- Amazon rainforests are the biggests rainforests in the world.
- They cover six million square kilometers of land.
- There are 50-200 diverse tree species per hectare in Amazon.
- The total number of tree species is approximately 2500.
- The total number of plant species is approximately 40,000.
- There are 2.5 million species of insects in the Amazon.
- There are 7500 species of butterflies.
- 50 species of ants have been located in one single tree.
- One in five of all the world's bird species live in Amazon.
- They comprise 30% of all the flora and fauna world-wide.
- The Amazon Basin holds one fifth of the world's fresh water.
- Amazon River drifts through nine countries.
- Amazon River has 1100 tributaries; 17 are extend over 1600km.
- Extra fish species can be located in a specific pond in Amazon
than in all European rivers together.
- Pirarucu, the world's fish freshwater fish, is located in the
Amazon. It can grow 2.5m long and weigh 250kg