The vastness of the Amazon itself has many more stories waiting to be discovered. And today, we're taking you to the Amazon to see the animals that are unique to this Amazon. What kind of animals are there? Let's go.
1. Pink Dolphin
Its official name is Amazon River Dolphin, and the locals call it Bodo. It can be found in the Amazon River, which is the largest in the Loma Nambuceta region.
It can be found in the Amazon River, which is the largest in the Loma Nambuceta region.
It is said that at night, the Bodo can transform into a young man and lure the ladies to eat. It sounds like the story of the tiger in our country.
2. Arapaima
3. Piraruku
Piraruku means red fish, because the red spot on the back that runs from the head to the tail, or maybe because its flesh is orange, almost red.
Piraruku has a fierce personality and thick fins, like a shell, which makes it not afraid of hunters at all, but it is still dangerous to humans because it has to come up to breathe, making it easy to become a victim of mosquitoes.
Until the population of Araipaima increased from 2,500 in 1999 to 170,000 in 2017. But it itself is considered a hunter fish that has almost no natural enemies.
And from the joint study of the Bolivian government and various research organizations since 2017, it has shown the need to evaluate the impact of environmental and social factors on this species of fish.
3. Karakama fish
It is not aggressive, slow-moving, but if there is not enough food, it will be greedy and steal other food as well. Another outstanding feature of it is that it is a fish that adapts very well and can live in almost any environment.
4. Anaconda
Anaconda is the largest snake in the world with the size of a hippopotamus and a body weight that is twice as heavy as a male snake. It is called Sucuri. Anaconda will spend most of its time in the water because it moves faster than on the ground.
Although there was once a rumor that it ate people, from the past statistics, it was found that there were very few due to its habit of soaking in water, not coming up to disturb on the ground.
5. Poison Dart Frog
Poison Dart Frog is the most poisonous frog in the world. One frog can kill up to 10 people. Its highlight is its bright color and stripes that are clearly noticeable. Each species has different colors. It is quite small, only 1-6 cm.
It usually lives under a tree or on the ground and hunts for food during the day. Its name comes from the fact that urban people use poison from it to apply to the antlers to hunt animals. It can easily kill wild boars by shooting poisonous flowers.
Currently, many species of Poison Dart Frog have found that there are fewer species already extinct from typhoid fever and being caught by animal collectors.
6. Piranha
Piranha is the language of the Tupi people, who were the indigenous people of Brazil who lived before hunting for food.
Divided into two words is pira, meaning fish, and sarinya, meaning teeth.
Before the 18th century, the Portuguese who came to establish their roots would come together. The only word is piranha.
Piranha is a fish that eats not only meat but also plants and fruits.
Piranhas are divided into 39 species, but most of them live in the Amazon.
They range from 12 to 35 cm or some species may be up to 50 cm in size.
It is a hunter fish with very strong teeth and a lot of power.
But the real danger is that it hunts as a hound and is hungry all the time.
Therefore, it can handle the prey to the bone in the blink of an eye.
But even though it is a scary hunter, it is still the favorite prey of the crocodile, the pink dolphin.
And people who have eaten said that it has a taste, but it has a very white smell.
7. Electric eel
In fact, it is not an eel and it is in the same species as a flounder, but some people have been called like this.
It has a length from 1.8 m to 2.5 m.
It has special cells up to more than 6,000 cells called electrocytes that produce electricity to shock the prey or chase other hunters away from it.
In addition, it still releases a weak electric current to find prey or guide it because it has very bad eyesight.
There are almost no reports of people dying from electric eel shots.
But it still makes the heart stop beating or drowning after being completely conscious because of the electric shock.
Therefore, it is considered one of the most dangerous animals of the Amazon.
8. Golden lion tamarin
The golden lion tamarin is another type of close-to-zero monkey.
It is beautiful, its hair is orange, its neck is black, and its fur makes it look like a lion, which is the origin of its name.
They usually live in small groups of 2-8, find food on trees, jump over trees without falling to the ground.
Its hands are specially shaped like nails, unlike other types of monkeys that are similar to human hands,
which helps it to be able to grip the ground when walking, running, or jumping like a colorful animal more than a monkey.
Its other habit is to sleep for a short time, 2-3 hours during the day,
and will change its sleeping place continuously to prevent hunters from following its scent.
This is just one part that we brought to show you.
For this vast Amazon rainforest, there are many more things waiting for us to explore
and follow the most abundant forest in the world.
We only hope that these animals will continue to live happily in this forest, just like us.