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Rain forestsare places

of amazing diversity. Even

though they cover less than two

percent of Earth’s surface‚ they’re

home to half of the planet’s

animals and plants. See how

rain forests measure up.

Rain-forest–dwellinggreen

anacondas‚thelargestsnakes

intheworld‚cangrowtomore

than 29 feet.

utterfly

s.

Onlyabout2incheslong‚

thered-eyedtreefrog

hidesintherainforest

canopyandsnagsprey

withitsstickytongue.

groupsof10 to 30birds‚

theirloudsquawksechoing

throughthecanopy.

Toucansusetheir 7. 5 -inchbills

tosnatchhard-to-reachfruit.

Theweig

Goliathb

ounces.T

muchas

20

percent of the world’s freshwater

is in theAmazon Basin.

1 IN 4 of the ingredients

in medicine are made from

rain forest plants.

SECOND,

an area of rain forest the size

of afootball fieldis cleared.

Every

8 MARCH 2017

BY JULIE BEER AND MICHELLE HARRIS

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