Strange encounter between dolphins and giant pythons on the river

Experts recorded the strange encounter between two dolphins and giant pythons on the Tijamuchi River, Bolivia.

In the strangest encounter ever, two male dolphins comfortably swim in the river and play with a beni anaconda.

Experts came across images of dolphins in the Tijamuchi River, Bolivia, with a long python in their mouth.

The dolphin has a long python in its mouth.

Diana Reiss, a marine mammal scientist at Hunter College in New York, said the python was more than 4.2 meters long and was semi-aquatic. However, from a distance, the python in the dolphin's mouth seems to have died because the head was soaked in water for too long.

Before that, the team discovered a school of dolphins as soon as they arrived at the site and started taking pictures in the Tijamuchi River. They discovered the incident after reviewing the first images.

Bolivian river dolphins normally swim underwater, but these two kept their heads above water for an unusually long time.

Steffen Reichle at the Noel Kempff Mercado Natural History Museum in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, said: "I think the python had a hard time. Surprisingly, the two dolphins were very playful. , they keep their heads above the water longer than usual."

Two dolphins swim at the right distance, at the same speed and at the same depth. The researchers assumed that the dolphins were engaging in a game, without trying to rip apart Beni anaconda. Play is a behavior that has been studied and clearly documented by scientists in mammals in general and dolphins in particular.

This is the first time experts have recorded the encounter between dolphins and pythons. However, due to the lack of information, experts have not fully explained the problems surrounding this strange encounter.

The Bolivian river dolphin is a subspecies of the Amazon river dolphin. They usually live in several rivers in the Upper Madeira Basin of the Bolivian Amazon.

This species is considered endangered, as most populations are facing declines related to overfishing, hunting and habitat loss.

Not much is known about the Bolivian river dolphin. Most likely their feeding habits are similar to those of Amazon river dolphins, which are 43 different species of fish.