Experts say the fires are effectively endangering and eliminating the animals of the Amazon.
The longer the Amazon burns, the more concern grows over the scope of the local and global impact. To be sure, the Amazon plays a major role in pulling planet-warming greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, and without it, experts say climate change will likely speed up. But it is also home to countless ecosystems — some of which are thriving, others of which are endangered and a few of which are emerging. Deforestation is effectively endangering and eliminating the animals of the Amazon.
"When we lose forests, we lose related wildlife," Director of Brazil's Wildlife Conservation Society, Carlos Durigan, wrote in an email to"In regions most affected by the fire, we observe that animals are being killed ... some bigger and faster ones run away, but small ones like frogs, turtles, snakes, lizards, small mammals and even some bigger ones like anteaters, sloths and some monkeys have more difficulty running and [end up burning].
Sullivan noted that already endangered species, such as the white-cheeked spider monkey, Milton's titi monkey andThe jaguar, for instance, preys on turtles, caimans, deer, peccaries, capybaras and tapirs, according to. But those species are at risk of habitat loss due to the fires, and that loss impacts the jaguar's food supply.
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