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cry, a
    squawk, or a hoot! You’re almost getting used to the sounds of the rainforest now. But it’s a constant reminder that the place is full of life. As well as the tapirs you’ve just
    seen, there are probably countless other animals that you can’t see, camouflaged in the rainforest.
    You’re passing underneath a tree when something makes you look up; you find yourself staring straight into a sad-eyed, upside-down face. The creature’s scruffy
    brown fur is tinged with green, and it hangs from the tree from its long, hairy arms and legs. You realise this creature is a sloth.
    The creature has one of the cutest faces you’ve ever seen. But should you be alarmed? Are sloths dangerous?

    If you decide sloths are harmless, click here .
    If you decide to run away, click here .

Y ou keep your eye on the water, looking for signs that gave you the unsettling feeling earlier on. But it doesn’t
    look as though there’s anything in the water here.
    Feeling less worried about the river, you carry on along the trail, which becomes narrower and narrower. Eventually, it runs out. What now? You don’t want to go back
    into the forest. The river itself should be a lot easier to navigate and faster too. You could spend some time making a raft. Or you could just swim for it, letting the current carry you. After
    all, you’ve heard that someone swam the entire length of the Amazon!

    If you decide to swim, click here .
    If you decide to make a raft, click here .

Y ou soon realise it’s going to be impossible to follow the monkeys. When they move, they move fast! But one of the
    monkeys is acting oddly. It starts to make an eerie howling cry, and suddenly comes crashing down from the trees towards you!
    These monkeys are howler monkeys, which are not usually aggressive towards people. However, you have been extremely unlucky, because this particular howler monkey has been
    infected with rabies, possibly from a vampire bat, and the disease is making him behave aggressively. The monkey swings down from a tree in front of you, delivers a vicious bite, and then quickly
    swings off.
    The bite is painful, but far worse, you are now infected with rabies. It takes a while, but because you’re far away from medical help, you die of the disease.
    The end.

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Howler Monkeys
    •  Howler monkeys are the largest monkeys in the Americas. They can be up to a metre tall, with a tail the same length, and weigh up to about ten
     kilograms.
    •  They are also the loudest monkeys and one of the loudest animals in the world! Male howler monkeys have a special voice box, which they use to make a
     guttural cry that can be heard five kilometres away. They howl at dawn and dusk to warn other troops of howler monkeys that this is their territory. There are 15 different species of howler
     monkey.
    •  The monkeys tend to stay up in the trees and are active during the day. They eat leaves, fruit and flowers.
    •  Howler monkeys, like the many other species of monkey in the Amazon, are not usually dangerous to humans.
Rabies
    Rabies is most commonly transmitted by bats, dogs, and monkeys. The disease has some horrible symptoms, and, if it’s not treated early, it’s fatal . .
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    •  A few weeks after being bitten you feel pain around the cut. During the next few days you start to feel anxious and sensitive to light and loud noises.
    •  Within another week or so, you find it increasingly difficult to swallow and become afraid of water. You become more and more paranoid and start to
     hallucinate.
    •  You find it very difficult to swallow saliva, and have periods of thrashing about, biting and spitting.
    •  Soon you are completely paralysed, fall into a coma and die.
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I t is true that someone swam 5,268 kilometres along the Amazon! It was record-breaking marathon swimmer