Friday, September 11, 2009

sam 24

Hi everyone

Here is another Fun fact

Fact: A typical four square mile patch of rainforest contains as many as 1,500 flowering plants, 750 species of trees, 400 species of birds and 150 species of butterflies.
Fact: Rainforests provide many important products for people: timber, coffee, cocoa and many medicinal products, including those used in the treatment of cancer.
Fact: Seventy percent of the plants identified by the U.S. National Cancer Institute as useful in the treatment of cancer are found only in rainforests.
Fact: More than 2,000 tropical forest plants have been identified by scientists as having anti-cancer properties.
Fact: Less than one percent of the tropical rainforest species have been analyzed for their medicinal value.

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