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South America
Amazon Rainforest
The lungs of the planet. Ten percent of all known life on Earth, packed into one drainage basin.
Species
30,000,000
Plant species
40,000
Endangered
17%
Pressure
10,000 km² lost yearly
Surprise of the day
The candiru is a tiny parasitic catfish that locks onto larger fish and feeds on their blood. It's the only vertebrate known to parasitize other vertebrates.
Who eats who
Apex predators on top. Energy flows down.
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