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| | Brazil Tourism Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | Iguassu Falls are the widest in the world, and in the Native Tupi-Guarani language, guazu means big, and I means water. |
 | | The falls are surrounded by a National Park containing the world's largest pluvial forest, home to 12 species of amphibians, 18 species of fish, 40 species of mammals, including the jaguar, ocelot, capybara and giant river otter, 60 different reptiles, 340 bird species, and 700 unique species of fluttering butterflies! |
 | | When there are high levels of rainfall, the falls are at their fullest and most powerful state. |
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