Tatyana Adams

Mr. Ensdorf
Latin America
May 13, 2014
Amazon Rain Forest
There are many undiscovered items on this earth that people have no idea about! The
Amazon Rainforest is a forest of the earths cooling system. It is very good for its moist like
features everywhere. Many new species have been found and identified in the Amazon
Rainforest. Just imagine the amount of new species found in 2 million square miles of this earth.
It goes through 8 South American countries; some countries are known as Peru, Bolivia,
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil. (Team, OTG. "Top 10 facts about the Amazon
Rainforest." . World Wonders, 14 Nov. 2012. Web. ) Not only have new species have been
found but also new plants and insects. They have all adapted and made their homes in the
Amazon rain forest. There have been 400 newly species found in the Amazon Rainforest since
2010. (Team, OTG. "Top 10 facts about the Amazon Rainforest." . World Wonders, 14 Nov.
2012. Web.) The Amazon Rainforest shouldnt be torn down because of the unique creatures
and plants that grow among it are very amazing and deserve their space.
There are creatures in the Amazon Rainforest that were never even seen or heard of
before in todays society. There are definitely more than 3; the list could go on forever. Scientists
say that once someone enters the Amazon Rainforest, every turn, every glance, was something
new to life. The Amazon Rainforest is one place where it is like survival for the fittest. Only
because each animal, every pack, they are all almost like own their own. There is no human
among them all protecting them, they have to handle everything on their own, every fight, every
struggle for food. Every day they survive is a blessing for them, they shouldnt have to face
anything more especially if they arent messing with animal, and they stay in their areas. If the
Amazon Rain forest were to be torn down, all of those animals would be interrupted.
Most animals only come out during the night while tons dont mind just being out when
the sun rises. One animal that can be found in the Amazon Rainforest are also known as bizarre;
this detail about the animals makes them very amazing creatures. Many of these bizarre animals
are unheard of because they are not talked about as much as the animals we probably may see at
the zoo. There are so many new creatures, some as small as an ant. The bullet ant is known for it
being the worlds largest ants; it is said that the ant can grow as big as some ones pinky. Many
do not know of ants being any bigger than the length of a penny. (Collis, Mike. "Creatures of the
Amazon Bullet Ants ." . Iquitos Times , 1 Jan. 2012. Web.) If someone were to visit the Amazon
Rainforest not even knowing that there was an ant that size, it would probably amaze them
dearly to have a bullet ant in their site. At the bases of trees is where these ants nest. It is told that
many believe that their name may have come about because its powerful sting is as terrible as a
bullet. Another way to be known of the ant is by the name of 24-hour ant because thats how
long the pain of the sting lasts in you. (Collis, Mike. "Creatures of the Amazon Bullet Ants ." .
Iquitos Times , 1 Jan. 2012. Web.) If the Amazon Rainforest were to be torn down, these small
newly found creatures
If someone were to visit the Amazon Rainforest, all of the creatures running freely would
interest them, but the glass frog may be the most unique creature going about. The glass frog is
exactly how it sounds; its skin is like glass; not the texture but the appearance is. Its flesh is
entirely transparent. (Marks, Shannon. "Facts on the Glass Frog in the Amazon Rainforest." .
USA Today, n.d. Web.) With its flesh being transparent, it allows others to see its internal
origins and all. If someone were to come close enough to it, they would be able to see its heart
pumping peacefully away. The frog is hard to spot though because of where it tends to surround
itself. (Marks, Shannon. "Facts on the Glass Frog in the Amazon Rainforest." . USA Today, n.d.
Web.)
Many of these newly found creatures and plants are very vulnerable for going extinct if
the Amazon Rainforest were to be torn down. Scientist have been learning and finding out more
about this forest as time goes on. There is much to explore in the Amazon Rainforest, it is not
just one area of space being taken, and its a large amount. It doesnt feel like theres any need to
tear down a rainforest full of creativity; rainforest full of adventure. In the river, many new
species can be found in the river, one creature well known as the pink river dolphin; it lives on in
water that is fresh. ("Pink Amazon River Dolphin." . Dolphins-World, n.d. Web.) One can be
found in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Guyana,
Educator, and even Bolivia. Just because of their fluid fresh water. They are more known to as
Inia geoffrensis and can weigh up to about 350 pounds with a length of about 9 feet. ("Pink
Amazon River Dolphin." . Dolphins-World, n.d. Web.) Dams make this population of species
very vulnerable because of the threats that are thrown their way, threats like wide spreads of
contamination in the river or lake.
Just like almost every animal, the kinkajou is a relative species of the raccoon; its
appearance may make someone think differently of it though. With its golden tail it is able to
fully grip trees giving it a better advantage, then an average raccoon living in the city. (Harris,
Roger. "10 Bizarre Creatures of the Amazon Rainforest." . N.p., 16 Sept. 2012. Web.) It is also
known as the honey bear because of its golden color alone. It eats fruits and lives in trees. But
what amazes others the most may be the length of its tongue; it has a 5 inch tongue that is used to
eat of course but having a long tongue like that, make it possible for it to capture hanging fruits
from a far. Its tongue also makes it possible for it to lick nectar from flowers that grow during the
spring and summer. (Harris, Roger. "10 Bizarre Creatures of the Amazon Rainforest." . N.p., 16
Sept. 2012. Web.) For it being the Amazon rainforest, there are plenty of sources to eat from.
The soil is usually very moist at times making it easy for nature to grow and creatures to eat from
it. The Amazon Rainforest is actually one of the worlds poorest soils, because of the past fires
that have accrued in the Amazon Rainforest. ("Wonder trees and plants on the worlds poorest
soils." . WWF Global, n.d. Web.)
In the Amazon Rainforest, there are 40,000 plant species, 3,000 fish species, and 370
different types of reptiles living. Many of each species are looked at as upon indescribable. One
species that were found are well known as the dead-leaf toad located in the Peruvian Andes. It is
well known for its camouflage like features and its appearance since it well looks like a leaf.
They call it the Rhinella yunga, to protect and keep it stint; it has poison that protects them
from unwanted prey. ("New species of toad discovered in Amazon Rainforest." .
theguardian.com, 20 Jan. 2014. Web.) There are a couple of species living in the Amazon
Rainforest that use poison as their local protection. The poison dart frog is another animal that
protects its self the same way as the Rhinella yunga. It is well capable of camouflaging itself
from prey, and rather than other species, it is capable of using its brightly feature skin to warn
the predators that it isnt good to eat. ("New species of toad discovered in Amazon rainforest." .
theguardian.com, 20 Jan. 2014. Web.) Its features are capable of telling others when it isnt
healthy. Its skin is also able to put out dangerous poison that is able to paralyze or even kill its
predator. There are about 100 species of poisons frogs in the Amazon Rainforest alone. They
are known as Dendrobates species, and they like their habitat located in forests much like the
Amazon Rainforest.
The Amazon Rainforest is much known for the dangerous animals that live among it.
With its dangerous snakes, spiders, and newly found animals as well. With trees so highly
packed together, if it were to rain while one was exploring the Amazon Rainforest, it would take
a full 10 minutes just for the rain to reach where you were. ("THE AMAZON BASIN: Amazing
Facts and Figures." . ACEER Foundation for International Expeditions, Inc., n.d. Web.) There
are animals that are as loud as can be and there are other animals as camouflage as ones eyes
can see. The toucan is known to be the loudest species in the Amazon Rainforest. It could be
heard a good half a mile away from someone observing. Seeing also how it rains 250 days a
year, the Amazon Rainforest is one unbelievable place. ("Toucan." . N.p., n.d. Web.)
Who wouldve known that it would ever be possible to have so many different kinds of
plants that could ever be known? In the Amazon Rainforest, scientists say that there are almost
800 new varieties of plant life growing. ("Plants in the Amazon." . Sky Rainforest Rescue , n.d.
Web.) Plants may come off as cute and very nice scents; many are often so much tempted to pick
the flowers because of their beauty. Not plants in the Amazon Rainforest though, many of the
plants in there have been classified as deadly. Something as simple as a human touch on it and it
could easily toss out deadly or harmful toxins. The Amazon Rainforest is also known as the
Lungs of the planet though, because it provides nearly 20 percent of this worlds oxygen.
("THE AMAZON BASIN: Amazing Facts and Figures." . ACEER Foundation for International
Expeditions, Inc., n.d. Web.)
If deforestation were to continue, it is very likely that the rainforest would be completely
lost. The deforestation happening is permanent damage of the forest, just for the forest to be
available for other purposes. (Szalay, Jessie. "Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects." 6 Mar.
2013. Web.) Deforestation is only causing more damage to the forest than is needed; the cause of
deforestation is only because of the need for land. They say the Amazon Rainforest is there
wasting space. Some methods of deforestation are typically cutting down or burning trees. The
burning that happens is done fast because if one were to be burn down then wide spread just
occurs. Burning can happen fast, especially in areas with lots of land full of trees. There are
many effects of deforestation, forests like the Amazon Rainforests are very complex and hard to
find or see around. Once one is degraded it is easy for things to occur around the world from it
because such a big area likes the Amazon Rainforest has a big effect on us.
If the Amazon Rainforest were to go through deforestation, the loss of species would be
tremendous. A large percent of the worlds plants and animals live in this forest, they are losing
their habitat day by day from the deforestation that is happening. Extreme loss of the habitats
could lead to extinction because of deforestation. The deforestation is only of the reasons for
global climate change. The trees from the Amazon Rainforest produce a large amount of oxygen.
It also helps perpetrate water for the water cycle because it is capable for releasing water vapor
into the atmosphere. If there were no trees in the Amazon Rainforest it is very likely that the land
can become barren like land.
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Nancy Matuszak, and Meghan Appel O'Meara. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2001. 12-
23. Global Issues In Context. Web. 14 Apr. 2014.