Amazon Rainforest

# **History**

The rainforest likely formed during the Eocene era. It appeared following a global reduction of tropical temperatures when the Atlantic Ocean had widened sufficiently to provide a warm, moist climate to the Amazon basin. The rain forest has been in existence for at least 55,000,000 years, and most of the region remained free of savanna-type biomes at least until the current ice age, when the climate was drier and savanna more widespread

# **Amazon River**

The Amazon River (Spanish and Portuguese: Amazonas) in South America is gene

# **Trivia**

do you the amazon from Rio 2 Blu Jewel & Friends Live in the Amazon Same as Perry & Socky Monkey and his gang
Following about 4 years after the first film, Blu and Jewel enjoy life in Rio with their three children: the oldest and music-loving Carla, intelligent and energetic Bia, and the youngest and mischievous Tiago. Meanwhile, Blu's former owner Linda and her ornithologist husband Tulio are on an expedition in the Amazon and eventually discover a quick-flying Spix's Macaw that loses one of its feathers. When words about the encounter were broadcasted through television, Jewel believes that she and her family should go to the Amazon to help Linda and Tulio find the wild Spix's Macaws. While the children are ecstatic, Blu is uncertain, but is pressured into going along. Rafael, Nico, and Pedro also decide to come along to scout talent for Carnival. Luiz tries to follow, but is unknowingly left behind by the birds. Blu brings a fanny pack full of supplies, including a GPS that he uses often, much to Jewel's displeasure.

Meanwhile, the leader of a group of illegal loggers, known only as Big Boss, discovers Linda and Tulio's expedition to find the macaws, and orders his henchmen to hunt them down to avoid disruptions to their work. Also, Blu and Jewel's old nemesis, Nigel the cockatoo, has survived the plane crash from the first film, but is now unable to fly and is working as a fortune teller/con artist. When he sees Blu and his family flying overhead of him, he immediately decides to seek revenge on the "pretty birds" who caused his misery. He enlists two henchmen to help him in his plans: a poison dart frog named Gabi — who is in love with Nigel — and a silent anteater named Charlie. Blu and his family decide to spend a night on a tour boat in the Amazon river. Nigel follows them onto the boat and plans to attack them at midnight while they're sleeping. Nigel falls asleep, and Gabi sings a song to express her feelings for Nigel, but also about how she can't touch him because she's poisonous. When Nigel awakens, he and his two minions attempt to carry out his first plan of revenge. However, as Nigel creeps up on a sleeping Blu, Charlie, who has been distracted by some ants in a bottle, accidentally sets off the ship's horn, waking everyone up and forcing Nigel and his henchmen to flee. The next day, Blu and his family arrive at the Amazon, but they find nothing in sight. However, they are eventually taken to a flock of Spix's Macaws that are hiding in a secret paradise land. There, they meet Jewel's stern, long lost father Eduardo, his older sister Mimi, and Jewel's childhood friend Roberto. Eduardo thanks Blu for bringing Jewel back to him, but is unimpressed with his domesticated behavior.

1. ↑ Rio 2