The Amazon Pink River Dolphin is a rare species of aquatic mammal, obviously
characterized by its pink skin.
The Amazon
dolphin, parted company with its oceanic ancestors about 15 million years ago. The
may have entered the Amazon from the Pacific Ocean or from the Atlantic Ocean. Their
long beaks (often lined with tiny hairs), small eyes, disproportionately large
flippers and highly flexible bodies -- once considered "primitive"
features -- are now recognized as specialized adaptions to a complex
environment.
The females
are mostly gray; the males are pink as bubble gum, a strategy they have for
impressing females.
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| Amazon Pink dolphin |
Locals
don't kill them because they think it's very bad luck. They don’t eat them,
because they think dolphins used to be humans long time ago and they can turn
back into humans whenever they want.
For some natives,
the dolphin turns into a handsome man at night, seduces and impregnates women
before returning to the river and becoming a dolphin again.
Some natives
respect the gray dolphin as a sacred animal. Semi-divine creatures, that have
to be reverenced.
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| Pink dolhpins at the Amazon river |
River
dolphins have no predators, except for humans. Pollution from agriculture,
industry, mining, deforestation, boat propellers and fishing nets are considered
as the most dangerous to dolphins.
During your trip to the Amazon river, you can easely see this friendly dolphins!
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| Tourist in the Amazon river listening the dolphins' sounds |
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