Rainforest Survival

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The Amazon Rainforest is a biome which means it is located near the equator. Although found near the equator not all countries that lie among the equator have rainforests.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/tropical_rainforests_rev1.shtml

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The rainfall of the Amazon allows it to have such diverse vegetation such as 40,000 species of plants, 16,000 types of trees, but due to deforestation the number has significantly been reduced by nearly 20 percent and much more is to happen soon enough. Causing this issue is logging and farming

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http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/last-of-amazon/#page=2

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There are many different types of plants and different flowers in the rainforest which include the water lilly, and the orchid. A tree known as the bromeliad had about 2,000 species, but the most known kind bromeliad is the one which pineapple comes from. Bromeliads come in a rainbow of colors, including purple, blue, and red

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http://www.trails.com/list_7343_types-plants-amazon-rainforest.html

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830 different species of animals call the Rainforest their home. But it is believed that 35 of the species die each and every day, among these is the pink dolphin

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http://www.tropical-rainforest-facts.com/Amazon-Rainforest-Facts/Amazon-Rainforest-Animal-Facts.shtml

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cacao used in chocolate, avocado, okra, and papaya all come from the Amazon rainforest including many more. with all of these foods one is able to survive many months in the rainforest without eating the same thing over again. When using more energy more calories are required to stay alive

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https://www.teachervision.com/rain-forest-ecology/animals/6238.html

http://www.folklife.si.edu/resources/maroon/foodways/more.htm

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Weather in the Amazon only has two seasons, one being the dry season and the other wet. The wet season pulls rain in from the sea.

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http://www.naturetours.com/amazon-weather.html

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Juliane Koepcke a girl who went on an airplane with her mother to visit her dad but the plane had crashed in the Amazon Rainforest, she was the only survivor.

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http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/outdoor-skills/survival/Plane-Crash.html

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The first people to inhabit to the Amazon Rainforest was about 32,000-39,000 years ago. They learned to live off of mother nature.

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http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/amazon/about_the_amazon/people_amazon/