Page 56 - The Error of the Evolution of Species

The Error of the Evolution
of Species

sity in question. One hectare (10,000 square meters, or

11,960 square yards) of tropical rain forest can contain more
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than 600 different species of trees. In one region of the
Amazon Basin, 440 species of butterfly can be collected in
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a single day. Forty-three separate species of ants and 650
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different species of insect can be found on a single tree. In
this same region, one can also encounter hundreds of
species of bird in a 1-kilometer (1,094-yard) area of forest.

Taking ten species of tree in Borneo as an example, there
are more than 2,800 different arthropods on them. The
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number of insect species living in tropical forests is estimat-
ed to be in the millions. 47

The micro-organisms, tiny insects, bacteria, fungi, leaf-
cutter and other species of ant that live on the rain for-
est floor are responsible for cleaning the forest and
keeping it fertile.