Amazon pink dolphin mother with baby
The rare, freshwater Amazon pink dolphin is in trouble. It lives in the Amazon River basin, which is being altered by rapid industrialization, logging and agricultural activities that threaten the dolphin’s habitat. Little is known about the dolphin (though some local tribes worship it as a wizard, or at least a wise human). It’s brain capacity is 40% larger than humans, and it gets its pink color from capillaries on the surface of its skin (perhaps to aid in heat exchange in the humid Amazon).
Source: Int’l Society for Preservation of the Tropical Rainfores
4 Comments
Toni
November 14, 2012, 00:37Unfortunately the pic doesn’t show an Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) but a Chinese White Dolphin (Sousa chinensis): The Amazon River Dolphin has unlike the Chinese White Dolphin very tiny eyes as you can see here: http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2010/01/amazon-river-dolphin.html
REPLYAnouk Vleugels
November 14, 2012, 10:44@ Toni: Thanks a lot Toni, Wikimedia Commons had us fooled there. We will change the picture to a real Amazon River Dolphin.
REPLYcheap_viagra
March 12, 2017, 16:21Almost any application for everyone no forms because http://v1fastdelivery.com/ , viagra payday fast if at all.
REPLYcheap_viagra
March 12, 2017, 16:21Dont Need http://v1fastdelivery.com/ , Joke A man got his first prescription for Viagra and went home to prepare.
REPLY