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The Amazon rainforest is magnificent. Watching programs about it, we’re amazed by brilliant parrots and toucans, tapirs, anacondas, and jaguars. But if you ever go there expecting to be overwhelmed by a dazzling blur of activity, you'll be disappointed. The jungle has plenty of vegetation—hanging vines, enormous trees, bromeliads, and more — and a cacophony of insects and frogs. But much of the activity goes on at night or high up in the canopy.
In 2008, images of an uncontacted tribe in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil created ripples. With bodies painted in bright red war colors, members of the tribe aimed their arrows at a Brazilian government plane flying overhead, occupants of which were attempting to photograph the tribe to prove their existence to the world.
A new measure approved by the Brazilian Senate on June 4 could affect the future of the Amazon.
