Mysterious things in the Amazon forest make you

The vast Amazon jungle is always hidden with unexplored mysteries, making the trip to the forest full of dangers but equally interesting and stimulating curiosity. Let's explore the interesting things about Amazon jungle through our article below.

1. Lizard Jesus

Jesus lizard is capable of running on water.

This is a popular lizard species in Central and South America, especially in the vast Amazon forest. They live in tree holes to warm up their body temperature. When startled by the enemy, these lizards often jump into streams or rivers to escape. They run very fast, can achieve speeds of 15 to 16 miles per hour. If they were as big as humans, then that speed would be 800 miles an hour. Because of their agility, they can run on water like flying.

2. Darkness

Canopy cover the sunlight so the ground is always dark.

In the densest parts of the Amazon, the forest canopy is very thick and obscures 99% of sunlight , making the ground dark and becoming the habitat of unique plants and animals. At the same time, with this phenomenon, Amazon and other tropical forests help regulate the earth's temperature.

3. Amazon area equivalent to Australia

Amazon has a large area, equivalent to Australia.

Looking on the map, you will see the incredible width of Amazon. With an area of ​​5.5 million square kilometers , the Amazon is half the total territory of the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) and is roughly the same size as Australia (7.7 million km ² ).

4. Tree Sandbox

The Sandbox tree also has another name as an explosive.

This is a tree in the South, North American and Amazon forests . People use the sandbox to poison fish in the river. And the hunters in the Caribbean are poisoning the arrowhead. The fruit of the tree will explode when ripe to disperse seeds within a distance of up to 45m so this tree is also known as an explosive.

5. Glass frog

With transparent skin, you can see the internal organs of glass frogs.

The glass frog of the amphibian Centrolenidae, whose scientific name is Hyalinobatrachium valerioi . The size of glass frogs is not large, they are usually 3 to 7.5 cm long. They mostly work at night. Scientists do not know what this frog eats, but they think they can eat small insects. The skin under the abdomen of this frog is quite so it can see their heart, liver, and gastrointestinal tract.

6. Poisonous frogs

Poisonous frogs have brilliant colors to warn other animals about their danger.

This frog species is dubbed the "color killer " - the name is derived from the Indian Aborigines of Central - South America taking their poison soaked in the tip of the dart and served the hunting process. . The color and display of this poisonous dart frog is an implicit way of declaring to the enemy a self-defense and combat tactic known as color.

7. Fish candiru

The candiru is this seemingly harmless little fish but one of the most terrifying parasites on the planet.

This is probably the most terrifying freshwater animal , although its size is quite small. In essence, candiru belongs to the catfish family but they always live by eating larger fish in the Amazon . They are also very aggressive and ready to bite people if they happen to clash.

8. Bodele sunken area

Bodele sunken area

Scientists have discovered an incredible connection between the largest desert in the world (Sahara) and the world's largest tropical forest (Amazon) thanks to the Bodele sunken area. Accordingly, the wind blew through the Atlantic Ocean, bringing dirt from the Bodele lowland, a desert in the Republic of Chad, to the Amazon, making the forest fertile. Without this desert, Amazon does not exist.

9. Electric eel

Electric eels have the ability to discharge electricity to paralyze prey, and light up under the water to see the pulse.

This is actually a breed of Knife fish, but they have a look and a way to swim like eels. According to biologists, thanks to a special organ system, electric eels can generate more than 500 volts of electricity, enough to kill people . They mainly hunt invertebrates, although some adults can eat both fish and small mammals. Electric eels only attack people if they are harassed.

10. Mysterious plants

Many mysterious plants have not been studied by scientists.

One square kilometer of Amazon rainforest could contain about 90,790 tons of living plants. Therefore, it is estimated that about 99% of plants in this forest have not been studied by scientists.

11. Tribes separate from world civilization

There are many unknown clans living scattered in the forest.

It has been discovered that this tribe lives in Javari Valley near the border with Peru. The newly discovered tribe may belong to the Pano language community, currently living in this area. The Javari valley is considered to have 'the highest concentration of isolated isolated tribal groups in the Amazon and the world ' and may be home to about 2,000 indigenous people from at least 14 tribes.

12. Underground river Rio Hamza

Rio Hamza is a much larger underground river than the Amazon River.

Everyone knows the Amazon River, but there is another river no less important in this forest. Unfortunately, you will not be able to see it on the map.Rio Hamza is a much larger underground river than the Amazon River, with 40 times the water flow of the Thames in England.

13. Python Anaconda

Anaconda is the world's largest snake.

Belonging to the group of the world's largest snakes , python anaconda lives in the watershed and wetlands of South America. According to biologists, the name anaconda comes from the Tamil language meaning Elephant Killer. South American pythons eat fish, birds, reptiles and small mammals, although they can sometimes attack each other. Anaconda python has no venom and often kills prey by squeezing and choking all bones before swallowing.

14. Pink dolphin

Pink dolphin is the smartest dolphin.

Pink dolphin - Pink Dolphin or Batos - is known to be the smartest dolphin among all species. Their brain is 40% larger than the human brain. They are friendly, sensitive and live in harmony with people for centuries, but now experts say they face extinction in some tributaries.

15. Cow sharks

Cow sharks are among the most dangerous sharks in the world.

Bull sharks often live in freshwater areas and are found in deep waters of the Amazon tributaries like Iquitos in Peru, 4,000 km from the sea. This is a fish that can feel the change in the salinity of the surrounding water and can adapt depending on the new environment. This fish is about 3.3 meters long and weighs 312 kg. Like other sharks, they have countless triangular sharp teeth and very strong jaws with bite force of up to 589 kg. Cow sharks are considered one of the most dangerous sharks in the world.