i love thinking about how scary humans must be to other forms of life but particularly because the only real fundamental difference that sets us apart from other animals is our innovation (language, power, architecture, capital) and urges to be in control of all outcomes. no other animal displays the kind of pride and self righteousness humans do despite being plenty smart enough

The Amazon Rainforest: The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most extraordinary and vital ecosystems on the planet. Spanning across nine South American countries, with nearly sixty percent located in Brazil, it is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. Covering an area of approximately 6.7 million square kilometers, it is roughly the size of the contiguous United States. At its heart flows the Amazon River, the largest river by volume on Earth, discharging more freshwater into the ocean tha