In 2011, researchers discovered two new species of freshwater stingrays in the Amazon River.
The Heliotrygon (rosai and gomesi), commonly referred to as the Pancake stingrays, is the first new genus of stingrays from the Amazon described since 1987.
Rainforests have a well-defined layered structure.
Each layer is a unique concentration of flora and fauna and is called a floor. We distinguish the following layers:
Forest Floor Layer
Understory Layer
Canopy Layer
Emergent Layer
The final blast of the 1883 eruption generated a force 10,000 times stronger than the one generated by the atomic bomb dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima in 1945.
People who come to Aokigahara intending to commit suicide, but often have not yet made a final decision, belay themselves.
When entering the forest, they stretch strings and ribbons between the trees so that if they change their mind, they can safely return to the exit - the forest is full of such "decorations".
