Amazon Forest

Today everyone is familiar with the name of Amazon forest. People keep reading something or the other about it, sometimes casually and sometimes with interest. With the passage of time, the sensational news hidden inside it keep coming to light day by day, but despite this, the mystery of the Amazon jungle has not diminished. Even today, this forest has the status of being the most terrifying forest on earth, in which secrets and mysteries are hidden. If the Amazon forest is declared as a natural wonder, then nothing will be wrong. There are thousands of creatures of insects, birds, birds, animals which have not yet been given a name. Even today in the Amazon forest there are savage and cannibalistic tribes that eat humans. The number of these tribes in the forest is said to be 400 with a total population of more than four million. Even when the sun is shining brightly, much of the Amazon jungle is so dark that you have to see the ground with a flashlight. Some parts of the forest are so dense that if a person stands in a part of the forest and it starts raining, the rain drops will reach him for ten to fifteen minutes. A lot has been explored, but only 10% of the total forest has been accessible. The data and facts that have come to the fore after the research of science and other sources about the Amazon forest leave no doubt about the horror of this forest. This region is also known as Amazonia.

    The Amazon Rainforest is an unusually large forested area bordering North and South America that crosses the Amazon River and stretches for hundreds of miles along it. The Amazon River is the world's longest river by water. The total length of which is 7 thousand kilometers and its age is estimated to be 11 million years and it originates from the 1.2 million year old mountains of South America, which then passes through unknown places and reaches somewhere. Is. In history, there are reports of strange animals and fish in this river whose identification has not been possible yet. Scientists said about a pink dolphin that it is a rare dolphin that lives in the deep waters of the Amazon River. The Amazon forest is located in the borders of 9 countries of the world. As if 9 countries come within the boundaries of this forest. These countries include Brazil, French Guiana, Ecuador, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru and parts of Suriname. The largest part of the Amazon forest is located in Brazil, which is more than fifty percent. The temperature in the central Amazon is up to 30 degrees Celsius, while the temperature in the western part of the Amazon is up to 25 degrees Celsius. According to Wikipedia, the Amazon rainforest covers an area of 2,510,000 square miles, which is roughly the size of Australia. Half of the world's living life is found in this forest. Some authentic but very surprising facts about the Amazon jungle by adventurers and other biologists have come out in the light of various research reports that are worth reading. According to him, Amazon is a Greek word meaning "warrior woman".     

    This forest is five and a half million years old. 20% of the Earth's oxygen is produced by the trees and plants of this forest. Forty percent of the world's animals, birds, reptiles, and insects are found in the Amazon. More than 25 lakh species of insects, 1500 species of birds and more than 2000 species of fish are found here. Such poisonous insects are found here that if bitten, a person dies in a few minutes. The most terrifying thing about the Amazon jungle is the carnivorous spiders there, which are so big and powerful that they kill birds when they get a chance. Animals learn to climb tall trees to bask in the sun. Monkeys especially do this. Snakes more than 9 meters long are common there, which look deadly due to their size and shape. In 1922, when a priest named Victor Hintz went down the river to the Amazon, he saw a snake swimming in the river with eyes so big they looked like boat lights.

    Dozens of adventurers went into the Amazon jungle but did not return and to this day it is not known what happened to them. Whether they fell into the hands of beasts or became the food of man-eating barbaric tribesmen. In 2009, a CNN news story spread sensation that a 19-year-old boy was abducted and eaten by a tribe called the Colina in Brazil. That tribe lived near the Peruvian border. When the local police reached inside with the boy's family, seeing his skull hanging there, they were shocked and returned back. It is noteworthy that the police are not allowed to reach such tribes. Similarly, Brazilian law does not allow the police to reach such tribesmen. In an area of Peru's Amazon jungle flows a river so hot that anyone who falls in it melts into the water within minutes. Steam from boiling water always flows over the banks of the river. Local people consider it as spiritual water and perform various worships around it. It is said that there are still tribes in the Amazon jungle who distance themselves from modern life and prefer to live like their ancestors did in the past. That's why they don't even like to contact people outside the forest. A large number of such tribes live in the heart of the Amazon jungle. According to the research of scientists, the number of such isolated tribes is 50. About 180 different languages are spoken in the Amazon jungle. 

    During the months of June and August, some tribes of the Amazon jungle celebrate a festival called Quarap. On this occasion, each tribe offers dances, food and rituals according to their customs. Strangers can visit them only with the permission of the tribal leaders. Around these tribes, there are also a large number of such tribes who have contacts with the modern world.