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RE: 📷 Aquarium Berlin Photography #5: The amazing and rare Arapaima! (English/German)
In Brazil we call it "Pirarucu", and you can find it free on the Amazonia's rivers. They are not dangerous fish. (;
In Brazil we call it "Pirarucu", and you can find it free on the Amazonia's rivers. They are not dangerous fish. (;
No they are not dangerous, only very big and impressive. Thank you for the information about the native name in brazil @lordemau! If you see one in nature, try to make a photo please and post it on your blog. I would love to see it. Did you ever saw one while swimming? :D
Sorry, but nowadays i live in Italy and I do not even visited the Amazon rainforest, but some friends told me that when the "Pirarucu" will breathe in the river superfice you can see them. It is very dangerous to swim in the rivers of the Amazon, because there are many dangerous animals in the water like: the famous "piranhas"; eletric fish (capable of producing discharges which vary between 300 and 1,500 volts, sufficient to kill a horse); fish dog ( Pirandirá or "cachorra"); alligators ( Jacaré-açu) these reptiles can exceed six meters long, weighs over 300 kilos; anaconda snake (about 6 meters), etc. There is a carnivorous tiny fish that entering the urethra, or the anus called "Candiru" and eat you alive. Only with surgery you can take it from your body. The Amazon rainforest isn't a joke! (;
Yes I believe it´s really dangerous to swim there...