Life in the Amazon River

The magnificent Amazon Basin: Many of you probably already know the iconic life among the trees, but what lives underneath the waters? Today will go over the Ecology of the Amazon River - Fish, Giant Otters, Electric Eels, and more.

Capybaras have been tragically excluded.

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Wikipedia Articles for the animals if you want to learn more about them:
Várzea forest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1...
Amazonian manatee:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazoni...
Caiman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiman
Igapó: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igap%C3%B3
Tambaqui: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambaqui
Amazon kingfisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_...
Arrau turtle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrau_t...
Arapaima: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima
Giant otter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_o...
Electric eel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electri...
Boto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boto
Tucuxi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucuxi


Sources Used:
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://www.theamazonwewant.org/wp-co...
https://www.britannica.com/question/W...
https://scholarlypublishingcollective...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/p...
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/ar...
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Ele...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://marinemammalscience.org/facts...
https://marinemammalscience.org/facts...


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Note: All videos should presumably fall under fair use, as not only is a small fraction of the video used, but my video and the means I use these videos falls under education.
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