he average annual rainfall in the lush tropical rainforests is 67
             inches (Newman, 12), (Gay states that a true rainforest receives between 80
             to 120 inches of rain annually) compared with the average annual rainfall
             over the rest of the globe's land is 26 inches and average annual rainfall
             over water is 44 inches. A rainforest's canopy features trees ranging from
             98 feet to 292 feet. There are over 2,500 species of palm trees (20), and
             insects are prolific and strange; fleas can "jump 150 times" their own
             ...