The Amazon wild is the Amazon Rainforest, the biggest rainforest on Earth. It covers about 6.7 million sq km across 9 countries, mostly Brazil.

 The Amazon wild is the Amazon Rainforest, the biggest rainforest on Earth. It covers about 6.7 million sq km across 9 countries, mostly Brazil.

*Why it’s called the lungs of the Earth:*

- Produces about 20% of the world’s oxygen

- Stores huge amounts of carbon and helps regulate global weather

*Wildlife in the Amazon:*

It has the most biodiversity of any place on the planet. 

- Animals: jaguars, sloths, pink river dolphins, capybaras, anacondas, poison dart frogs, monkeys like howler and spider monkeys

- Birds: toucans, macaws, harpy eagles

- Insects: millions of species, including bullet ants

- About 1 in 10 known species on Earth lives here

*Plants and people:*

- Over 40,000 plant species. Many are used for medicine

- Home to more than 300 indigenous tribes. Some have never had contact with the outside world

*Threats:*

Deforestation, fires, mining, and climate change are shrinking it fast. Scientists say if we lose too much, it could flip from absorbing CO2 to releasing it.

It’s basically a whole other world in there. Everything from the canopy 60m up to the river floor is packed with life.