The Amazon basin is home to the largest rainforest on earth. One of the planet's greatest treasures, it covers 6,000,000 square kilometers (2.72 million square miles). The Amazon is home to more species of plants and animals than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet, many of which are yet to be discovered. In fact, the canopy of the Amazon is less studied than...
Masayoshi Matsumoto is a Japanese balloon artist who will put any other balloon animal in the history of kid parties to shame. Forget the humble balloon dog or giraffe - Matsumoto has twisted inflatables into hundreds of complex masterpieces, such as a phoenix, a buffalo, an iguana, a rooster or a centipede to name a few.
The 26-year-old artist has been making balloon animals for 7...
