... call "shapeshifting ". I also have always has a strong interest with the Amazon Rain Forest and all the life that thrives there. Beginning the book I knew that I could learn many things from the Shuar and the wisdom they have acquired in the deep jungle. In the late 1960's John Perkins, author of "Spirit of the Shuar" was volunteering in the Peace Corps, helping to bring civilization to undeveloped" areas of South ... America. This is when he first met with the Shuar. He grew ... a strong bond with them and learned the ways and traditions they have been ... ...

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... on each other. The top of the forest controls how much light and water reach the lower layers. On the forest floor, insects and other decomposers recycle the nutrients that creatures in the upper layers need to survive. The Emergent Layer The rainforest usually supports one or two giant trees per acre that towers above all the other plants. The tops of these emergents sprout above the dense jungle like huge umbrellas ... . Emergents are often about 115 to 150 feet tall, but some can reach up to 250 feet, as high as a 25 story building. The emergents are the oldest trees in the rainforest...

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