Monday, February 28, 2011

interesting stuff about the amazon rainforest Note-Taking



There are trees that can walk called the Stilt Palm.
The tallest tree is nine stories high
There is one flower that smells like rotting fish mixed with burnt toffee [ titum arum] and another flower that smells like sweaty cheese [Calabash Flower] .
It's so hot and steamy that mould can grow on your feet and they will turn green if you don't dry them.
Tailor Ants use their own larvae as needles to sew leaves together.
The is fungi that glows in the dark.
There are vampire bats that suck your blood.
There are bird eating spiders as big as dinner plates
An Explorer called Percy Fawcett disappeared after searching for the lost cities of gold.
Morpho butterflies are fluorescent blue and purple.

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