flora and fauna
The Amazon is home to more
species of plants and animals than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet
-- perhaps 30% of the world's species are found there. Its biodiversity is
astounding: a single bush in the Amazon may have more species of ants than the
entire British Isles, while a lone hectare of forest may have more than 600
species of trees In the amazon rainforest thre is 40,000 plant species ,16,000 tree species ,5600 fish species ,1300 birds ,430+ mammals ,
1000+ amphibians and
400+ reptiles.