Amazon Rain Forest

Dear Coach Williams, i’m writing to you from the Amazon Rain Forest. It’s currently

raining and a little humid, but the animals don’t seem to mind. There are thousands of species of

Animals, as well as plants, in the Amazon. It does rain a lot and there aren't really changes in

seasons. The soil isn’t the greatest in the Amazon. There are surprisingly many different tribes

Here. There are many things to talk about after being here in the Amazon.

There are a variety of animals in rainforests. This includes many types of monkeys, frogs,

gorillas, wild cats, birds, snakes, and insects. The amount of wildlife here is amazing, and the

diversity of rainforests can’t be topped by any other region. Since i’ve arrived here, i’ve tried
There are over 1000 types of frogs in the

rainforest and about 6 different species of monkeys. It is also home to the world's largest land rodent,

the capybara.

Plant life in rainforests flourish due to the amount of rain and the weather. It is home the

worlds biggest flower, the rafflesia arnoldii, which can grow up to 3 feet across and 15 pounds.

It is also home to the Kapok trees, which are the tallest trees in the rainforest, some reaching up to

200 feet tall. These trees can also make up to 4,000 fruits at a time. Deadly nightshade is one of the

is one of the deadliest plants in the rainforest. The berries that grow on the plant are extremely

toxic, and can cause a various amount of symptoms.

There are many climate facts about the rainforest that people may not have known. One is

that rainforests don’t actually have the seasons that we do. They separate into 2 seasons, the wet

and the dry seasons, which both last around 6 months. They get over 100 inches of rain a year,

hence the name rainforest. The rainforest usually stays around 80 degrees all year round. In the

rainforest i’m in currently in, the longitude and latitude is 3.4653° S, 62.2159° W. The soil in