The Amazon rain forest is home to the highest number of plant and animal species (种类) on Earth.

亚马逊雨林是地球上动植物种类最多的地方。

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A new species of armored, wood-eating catfish (pictured underwater) found in the Amazon rain forest feeds on a fallen tree in the Santa Ana River in Peru in 2006.

当2006年科学家在秘鲁的亚马逊雨林发现这种盔甲食木鲶鱼时，它正在啃食一棵倒在圣安娜河中的枯木。

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Deforestation of the Amazon rain forest disrupts regional cycles of evaporation and condensation, raising the possibility that Earth's lungs could become a savanna.

亚马逊雨林的大规模砍伐使得当地的循环和冷凝蒸发遭到干扰，增加了地球的肺将变成稀疏草原的可能性。

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Over the past decade, Brazil has cracked down on clear-cutting, especially in the biodiverse Amazon rain forest, reducing the rate of deforestation by 80%.

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