The Agouti's Story
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- Hi there humans. My name is Agou, the Agouti. I want to welcome you to my people's home, the Amazon Rainforest.
- If you don't already know, my home is responsible for absorbing 2.2 billion tons of carbon a year.
- This is done through the carbon cycle.
- The carbon cycle essentially recycles carbon through an environment. Photosynthesis is able to use atmospheric CO2 to produce food.
- As carbon is absorbed, and others release it through respiration, the importance of plants is emphasized so that it can offset the carbon levels and release oxygen.
- If photosynthesis did not occur, this is what my home could become.However, this is not too far off from reality.
- Human's have destroyed so much of my home through deforestation and agriculture.It is my people's job to help repopulate the forest with trees.
- My home used to look like this everywhere...
- But now it looks like this. There are a lot less trees and a lot of my friends are gone.
- Thank god the Jaguars and Ocelots are gone though. They like to eat my people.
- My friends and I call ourselves Keystone Species. We help repopulate the forest by spreading around Brazil Nut Tree seeds.
- In the future, we can go from this....
- To this!!!
- However, human developments and actions have prevented us from moving forward.
- Cattle ranching has led to greater greenhouse gasses, soil erosion, and depletes the land of nutrients.
- As a result, I have less friends now.
- Cutting down the tree's has really affected the Earth's ability to mitigate greenhouse gasses. There is less biodiversity as well.
- However, many humans are our friends. People have been pushing for new laws to limit use of the amazon and reduce deforestation.
- STOP DESTROYING OUR EARTH!!!
- Stop Cattle Ranching!
- I miss how my home used to look.
- These were all my friends from 20 years ago.
- I miss them.
- My home and my friends are all gone now...
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