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%A1rzea_forest
Amazonian manatee:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonian_manatee
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_kingfisher
Arrau turtle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrau_turtle
Arapaima: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima
Giant otter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_otter
Electric eel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_eel
Boto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boto
Tucuxi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucuxi
Sources Used:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309761642_The_Amazon_River_Basin
https://www.theamazonwewant.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Chapter-4-Bound-May-9.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/question/What-animals-live-in-the-Amazon-River
https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/msup/aehm/article-abstract/10/2/153/170858/Freshwater-fishes-of-the-Amazon-River-basin-their?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1095-8649.1990.tb05021.x
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/arapaima
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Electrophorus-fish-genus
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271909569_Observations_on_the_Ecology_and_Behavior_of_the_Giant_river_otter_Pteronura_brasiliensis_in_Suriname_1980
https://marinemammalscience.org/facts/inia-geoffrensis/
https://marinemammalscience.org/facts/sotalia-fluviatilis/
(Non royalty free) Videos used:
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V80mjp2MJIw&t=0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfAgIm3cuGk&t=14s