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We have now come to the Atacama Desert in our adventure through South America. This landmark is known as the driest place on earth with some areas of the desert not getting any rainfall at all! This desert is located in Chile, the long, skinny country on the west coast of South America. Look for Chile on the map in the library. Some people think this desert looks like the moon because there are no trees or grasses, just rocks and sand. Wouldn’t want to get lost out here! Let’s continue on our journey. The next place we are going to visit is full of animals, plants, rain and trees. Can you guess where we are headed? * If you guessed the Amazon Rainforest you were correct! This rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world. It has over half of the animal and plant species in the world and is very important to us. Why? Because it produces a great deal of oxygen for us with all those plants and this helps is to breathe better. If the rainforest gets destroyed due to logging, we would lose many animal species and wouldn’ be hurting for clean air. Let’s take a walk through the rainforest and see what animals live there. Don’t forget about the bug spray! * Before we start our hike through the rainforest, I would like to tell you a little about it. There are four layers to the Amazon rainforest. The very top layer is the emergent layer. Here you will find the tallest trees. These trees get the most sunlight and rain. This is where harpy eagles live along with macaws, butterflies and some monkeys. The next layer is the canopy. This is where you will find monkeys, toucans, bats, certain species of snakes, and sloths. This layer is made up of smaller trees that grow very close together blocking out most of the sun and rain for the two bottom layers. The third layer is the understory where it is very dark. Frogs, bats, monkeys, jaguars, iguanas and tree frogs live in this layer. The last layer is the forest floor. It is very quiet and dark here. This is where you will find