30 Million Different Insects In The Rainforest Rockett Paul Author by Rockett, Paul, Author, Ruffle, Mark, Illustrator instant download after payment.

pages cm, You can count numbers all around you, from the eight legs on a spider to the one nose on your face. But can you count the animal species found in the rainforest or the fish in the River Amazon? Find out all about the rainforest, including its extraordinary variety of plant and animal life, its tribal people, its layered structure, its role as an oxygen producer and why we need to protect it, 9-11, Key Stage 2, Counting down the rainforest -- 30 million different insects in the rainforest -- 8,936,400 km² of tropical rainforest -- 700 thousand tribal people in Brazil -- 23,483 football pitches destroyed each day -- The Amazon river is 6,400 km long -- 3,000 edible fruits -- 260 different species of monkey -- 137 plant, animal, and insect species die each eay -- 88% humidity -- 28% of the world's oxygen -- 15-year life span of the poison dart frog -- Four layers of the rainforest, Includes bibliographical references (page 30) and index