Animal world
Mercury river dolphins are poisoned with mercury
Conservationists found alarming levels of mercury poisoning in the Amazon river dolphins population due to illegal gold mining.
Orinoco
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Articles about Orinoco
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Animal world
Strange bird smells like feces, fake death
The Hoatzin is a bird that lives in the Amazon and Orinoco plains. This is the only bird with claws growing on each wing.
Animal world
Giant python species in South America
The male of the python is 8.8m long, weighs 227kg and has a diameter of 30cm. Females are larger than males, can be up to 9m long and weigh 250kg. The after-born pythons…
Videos
Video: Tiger fish tear the stork in a moment
The piranha tiger fish in a river in Venezuela only takes about a minute to tear the young stork of the unfortunate fall into the water.