If you scrape this plant with a machete
And then light it on fire, the oil smells nice. This is probably not the most important thing to know if you’re lost in the Amazon. But at least you have a machete and a lighter.
This plant is where quinine comes from, which was good to treat malaria. But all the malaria is resistant now, so that’s also not terribly useful to know.
We recommend not getting lost in the Amazon.
There are big trees
Much bigger than Kerri
They start out as little trees
A tamandua climbed this tree and was super cute but way too fast to get a picture.
This tree bleeds rubber.
This is a millipede
This is another cicada chimney
Maybe. Honestly we don’t remember.
This is a bullet ant. Do not touch.
This is a tarantula.
Don’t touch him either.
Here are some other ants.
If you let these ants crawl on you
And then smush them all over your hands, it’s supposed to keep the mosquitos away.
Here’s some weird fungi
And some flooded forest.
