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• One example of an animal that lives in the

rainforest is the Poison Dart Frog. The name

comes from the extremely poisonous venom that

people who live in the rainforests actually use

on the tips of weapons.

• The rainforest is so thick with plants and

greenery that it can take up to 10 minutes for a

drop of water to travel from the top layer of a

tree to the forest floor!

• The Amazon Rainforest in South America is so

large that if it was a country, it would be the

ninth largest country in the world!

• Around a quarter of all ingredients in medicines

today come from rainforest plants.