At the time of writing, Brazil's space agency Inpe reports that there have been almost 85,000 fires in the rainforest so far. So what does this mean for the many animals who call the Amazon home?
Their unique features make these species ... endangered, and it is hardly seen outside of protected areas. The world's largest spider, the goliath bird-eating spider, lives in the Amazon rainforest.
The organization also moved an Amazon dolphin with a pinkish belly the Tucuxi to its endangered list, meaning that all of the world's freshwater dolphins are now threatened A shark only just ...