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 In the heart of the continent, The Amazon rainforest contains 20% of the world's plants and bird species, 11% of the mamals and an inestimable number of insects. In the waters live some 2000 species of fish, plus shy giant otters, caiman and two species of freshwater dolphin. There are trees that strangle their neighbours, palms with a million thorns, plants that heal and vines that will blow your mind.
Stalking in the undergrowth is the mythical jaguar, whose influence has spread through almost every religion that has come into contact with the rainforest. On its perimeter, cattle and cowboys share the land with wild birds and animals in the llanos of Orinoco and the wetlands of the Brazilian and Bolivian Pantanal, while mysterious ecosystems hide on table top mountains on the Venezuela and Brazil border. |
