Bosc inundat

El Bosc Inundat is one of the most emblematic installations of the CosmoCaixa Science Museum. Since its creation in 2004, with the museum's expansion, this space has been conceived with an educational purpose: to bring nature closer to the public and foster awareness of its conservation. It is a faithful recreation of an Amazonian ecosystem from the Santarém region, in Brazil, which allows the visitor to immerse themselves in the richness and complexity of a tropical rainforest, full of environmental and scientific treasures.El Bosc Inundat is part of the Sala Univers, in the Evolution area, and acts as a tangible example of biodiversity. The visitor can observe the forest from multiple perspectives: underground, underwater, at ground level, from the surface, and from the tree canopy. In this fragment of Amazonian forest live more than one hundred species, among plants, invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. Leaf-cutter ants can be seen, the song of the solitary bird can be heard, and one can watch the capybara and the caiman swimming among the vegetation. Every 15 minutes, a tropical rain recreates the humid atmosphere of the forest.