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BOTO or AMAZONIAN RIVER DOLPHIN (Inia geoffrensis) - ©Kevin Schafer We spotted several of these beauties in the Amazon while traveling from Recifé to Manaus, Brazil. We also swam in the Rio Negro and it is indeed this red color. The IUCN lists various other names to describe this species, including Amazon Dolphin, Boto Vermelho, Boto Cor-de-Rosa, Bouto, Inia, Pink Dolphin, Wee Quacker, Pink Freshwater Dolphin, Pink Porpoise, Tonina and Encantado. A freshwater river dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. The largest of the river dolphins Because they are unfused, the neck vertebrae of the Amazon river dolphin are able to turn 180 degrees. The pink dolphin lives in the freshwater of the Amazon River. This species looks like the grey dolphin, but individuals are bigger, and, instead of a dorsal fin, they have a hump on their back. Their tails are also bigger. The pink dolphin has been listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of the Nature due to pollution, overfishing, excessive boat trafficking and habitat loss. The brain of the river dolphin is 40% larger than a human brain. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_river_dolphinOther Photos you may enjoy: Dolphin Orca Beluga Whale —- findout: Boto Water Polo A pair of wild Amazon river dolphins, or botos, play with a floating macucu seed in a tributary of the Rio Negro in Amazonian Brazil.  In the tannin-rich water of silt and rotting vegetation they appear almost orange, though their actual colour ranges from grey to pink Kevin Schafer, photographer

BOTO or AMAZONIAN RIVER DOLPHIN (Inia geoffrensis) - ©Kevin Schafer

We spotted several of these beauties in the Amazon while traveling from Recifé to Manaus, Brazil. We also swam in the Rio Negro and it is indeed this red color.

  • The IUCN lists various other names to describe this species, including Amazon Dolphin, Boto Vermelho, Boto Cor-de-Rosa, Bouto, Inia, Pink Dolphin, Wee Quacker, Pink Freshwater Dolphin, Pink Porpoise, Tonina and Encantado.
  • A freshwater river dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.
  • The largest of the river dolphins
  • Because they are unfused, the neck vertebrae of the Amazon river dolphin are able to turn 180 degrees.
  • The pink dolphin lives in the freshwater of the Amazon River. This species looks like the grey dolphin, but individuals are bigger, and, instead of a dorsal fin, they have a hump on their back.
  • Their tails are also bigger.
  • The pink dolphin has been listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of the Nature due to pollution, overfishing, excessive boat trafficking and habitat loss.
  • The brain of the river dolphin is 40% larger than a human brain.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_river_dolphin
Other Photos you may enjoy:

Dolphin

Orca

Beluga Whale

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findout:

Boto Water Polo

A pair of wild Amazon river dolphins, or botos, play with a floating macucu seed in a tributary of the Rio Negro in Amazonian Brazil.  In the tannin-rich water of silt and rotting vegetation they appear almost orange, though their actual colour ranges from grey to pink

Kevin Schafer, photographer

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    ARGH THEY’RE SO ADORABLE. PEOPLE SHOULD STOP KILLING THEM FOR FISH BAIT.
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    MY FAVORITE FRESHWATER MARINE MAMMAL!
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