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the blood loss makes you pass out. Without shelter, water and medical attention, you soon die.
    The end.

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Sloths
    •  There are two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths, according to the number of claws on their front paws. Two-toed sloths are bigger and more aggressive and
     can be up to 80 centimetres long and nine kilograms in weight.
    •  Sloths are the world’s slowest mammals. They spend 70% of their time resting, and are only active for about two hours a day.
    •  Though they look a bit like monkeys, sloths are related to anteaters. They are found in Central and South America.
    •  They spend almost all their time hanging upside down in trees – they even give birth that way! They’re very clumsy on land and have to pull
     themselves along with their claws.
    •  Sloths have been falsely accused of sleeping to up to twenty hours a day when in fact they only sleep for about ten. However, even when they are awake, they
     don’t move very much.
    •  Because they don’t move about much, algae sometimes grows on sloths’ fur, which makes them appear green in colour, though their fur is actually
     brown. Moths sometimes live in their fur, too!
    •  Sloths eat leaves and fruit, and sometimes feed on plants other animals can’t eat, thanks to special bacteria in their multi-chambered stomachs.
    •  A sloth’s claws can be up to ten centimetres long, although they aren’t especially sharp. Sloths can and do scratch and bite if they feel
     threatened.
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Y ou keep trudging onwards along the rough trail, tapping the ground in front of you with a stick in case there’s a
    snake under the leaf mould, when you spot a movement from the corner of your eye. You stop and look, it’s another tapir, or maybe the same one. You watch it for a moment, as it rootles
    about on the ground, before it occurs to you that this might be a good hunting opportunity. The tapir isn’t very big and looks quite docile. Plus, you’ve heard they’re very
    tasty! Eating some nutritious meat will be good for you. On the other hand, hunting’s not for the squeamish!

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Y ou should have trusted your instincts . . .
    The splash you heard and the ripples you saw were caused by one of the biggest animals in the Amazon rainforest – a black caiman, the largest member of the alligator
    family. This is an especially big male, and it weighs around eight times as much as you do. These creatures often hunt animals such as capybara at the water’s edge. Although they usually
    hunt at night, this one is active now, and he’s spotted you as you stop to take a breather at the water’s edge. He takes his chance, lunging from the water, grabbing you and dragging
    you down underneath the surface to drown you.
    Look on the bright side: at least it’s all over pretty quickly.
    The end.

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Black Caiman
    •  Black caiman are big! They grow up to five metres long and can be 400 kilograms in weight.
    •  They are mainly nocturnal and their dark colouring helps to camouflage them at night.
    •  They prey on fish, and also on mammals at the water’s edge such as capybara (which is a bit like a giant guinea-pig and is the world’s biggest
     rodent).
    •  There have been a few human deaths caused by black caiman, but their habitat means that they don’t often come into contact with people.
    •  Humans hunted black caiman until they nearly died out. Nowadays, black caiman are protected, but some people still hunt them illegally for their leather and
     meat.
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Y ou’re on the lookout for other creatures as you continue. Every so often there’s a high-pitched