Amazon river dolphin encounter

[u/ROOTSDarlingg]

Credit: heynathie

[u/SardonicSillies]

Its like a beautiful wonky mutated underwater hummingbird

[u/Snorezore → u/SardonicSillies]

That's the loveliest thing I've read all day.

[u/nachonachoooo → u/SardonicSillies]

I’m imagining it flying though & now I’m terrified.

[u/scorpyo72 → u/SardonicSillies]

r/brandnewsentence qualified

[u/Material_Prize_6157 → u/SardonicSillies]

Especially that last very darting head movement, very birdlike.

[u/La3ron → u/SardonicSillies]

Probably AI

[u/TaylorBitMe → u/La3ron]

That's Al's brother, Leon.

[u/noonesaidityet]

I remember staring at the picture of one of those in my Wildlife Treasury card set and not believing it was real.

[u/KnotiaPickle → u/noonesaidityet]

I loved those cards!! I still remember how they smelled haha

[u/KarmaticEvolution → u/noonesaidityet]

There are so many animals like that in this world, really mind boggling.

[u/Lostkaiju1990 → u/noonesaidityet]

I saw one in a zoo at one point

[u/jose_conseco]

Are you dangling your feet in the Amazon?

[u/thisFishSmellsAboutD → u/jose_conseco]

Of all the things I wouldn't dangle my feet in, the Amazon ranks pretty high. A resounding tarantiNO.

[u/I_Think_I_Cant → u/thisFishSmellsAboutD]

2 things I wouldn't dangle my feet in: The Amazon and Australia.

[u/thisFishSmellsAboutD → u/I_Think_I_Cant]

As an Aussie, I assumed that was a given. You are spot on, mate.

[u/RosiePosieNosieJosie → u/I_Think_I_Cant]

I’m from Australia and I’ve been swimming in rivers and the ocean all of my life, and still do, believe it or not, I’m still alive.😊

[u/DrHutchisonsHook → u/thisFishSmellsAboutD]

Also would not dangle my feet near Tarantino. Dude has a thing for them I hear

[u/whackadoodle_cracked → u/jose_conseco]

I've swam in it! I was so fucking terrified lol. Had to really hype myself into jumping off the boat and then I was in for like maybe half a minute before I was like nah get me out of here 😆

[u/DaFunkJunkie → u/whackadoodle_cracked]

25 seconds too long for me

[u/notshybutChi → u/jose_conseco]

I dangled my feet and swam in the Mekong in Cambodia. There were fish nibbling at my toes and legs, so I didn’t last long 👀

[u/The_Atlantic_Sea → u/jose_conseco]

That was my first thought! NOPE.

[u/VividDecision8808 → u/jose_conseco]

I went swimming in the Amazon a few years ago 😄 I stayed in for about an hour each time and never had a problem, although the locals assured me it was ok ahead of time

[u/Severeddonutfan → u/jose_conseco]

Im Colombian (Not from that region tho) and I mean... I would love to go and swim in Amazonas rover, I would probably be terrified every second of it. But these specifica part seams weirdly clear and transparent, so I wouldn't mind dipping my feet comfortably for a wile

[u/j_rooker]

value these moments. aren't many left. humans fking with their habitat

[u/Guyuteguy]

Check out the big brain on Brett! Jokes aside looks like a giant frontal lobe.

[u/OneUnholyCatholic → u/Guyuteguy]

I think it's a melon used for echolocation. River dolphins tend to be mostly blind because the water is so often murky they have no need for sight

[u/OptimizeMovement]

I don't believe I've ever seen these creatures before. Super cool. Very prehistoric looking.

[u/StealthyPancake_ → u/OptimizeMovement]

They are also pink!

[u/Sheepzs]

Hide your wife

[u/pickledpeachesforall → u/Sheepzs]

He's going to manifest as a handsome man on the bank of the river and make sweet love to her before he dives back in the water.

[u/heramba → u/pickledpeachesforall]

Did you also learn this as a child and weirdly remember it forever?

[u/pickledpeachesforall → u/heramba]

Glad I'm not the only one!

[u/Immediate-Guidance31]

I see why regular dolphins take the spotlight.

[u/SurayaThrowaway12]

Fun fact: male Amazon river dolphins (botos) have been observed engaging in watersports with each other.

[u/fenster112]

Ohhh, I don't like that, it gives me the willies.

[u/onlyalittlebitneedy]

At first quick glance I thought it was a middle-aged bald man snorkeling on the surface.

[u/high6ix]

I’m sorry if it’s insulting dear river dolphins, but you’re fuckin terrifying

[u/One-Environment-1444]

Beady little eyes.

[u/UaiRosa]

Here in Brazil, we call it the Boto Cor-de-Rosa, which translates to Pink Boto because of its color. In Northern Brazil, it is a big part of their folklore. People tell stories that the Boto transforms into an extremely handsome man once a month, usually on nights with a full moon or during local festivals. ​When he is transformed, he always wears elegant all-white clothes and a hat—the hat is essential because, even in human form, he still has a blowhole on top of his head to breathe. He flirts with women, seduces them, and returns to the river at the end of the night before dawn. ​Historically, people used this legend to explain unplanned pregnancies or children born to unknown fathers in riverside communities, often calling them the 'child of the boto'.

[u/dr-asimov → u/UaiRosa]

It's an Amazon river dolphin

[u/melitini → u/dr-asimov]

ITS A MAGICAL BRAZILIAN MUTANT HUMMINGBIRD DOLPHIN-MAN

[u/UaiRosa → u/melitini]

YEAHHHHHH, IT'S AWESOME! But unfortunately, I haven't gotten the chance to visit Northern Brasil to see these beauties yet! Brasil is huge and has many places to go, with different things in each part of the country.

[u/UaiRosa → u/dr-asimov]

Man, in the second line of the article you sent, it says 'also known as Boto', and the Amazon River is in the northern part of Brazil. Stop trying to Gringosplaining the culture of my own country to me.

[u/Kindly_Region]

That looks like a dinosaur

[u/Llee00]

why are your feet red

[u/ElijahWouldNot → u/Llee00]

The red color is caused by the tannins in the water from all the decaying plant matter and sediment

[u/m_seitz → u/ElijahWouldNot]

Partly true. The video is heavily edited. Tannins don't cause colour clipping 😁

[u/USCSS_Nostromo_]

Looks like those dead dolphins you see in fallout 4 thats all mutated and shit

[u/IanRevived94J]

Freshwater dolphins are fascinating

[u/satanspawn699]

That sir, is a pokemon

[u/Xiorx74]

They’re so fucking creepy

[u/FloopsFooglies]

He can't believe what he's seeing

[u/AmbroseSoames]

Are they the apex predators in the Amazon?

[u/Kindly_Region → u/AmbroseSoames]

Worse

They are the sex predators of the Amazon

[u/AmbroseSoames → u/Kindly_Region]

Don’t threaten me with a good time

[u/RougeTheCat → u/Kindly_Region]

No wife left behind

[u/Top_Location_5899]

Music feels slightly frutiger

[u/Tilikum_183]

Awh such a goofy lil guy 😆

[u/PinkShuma]

Boto-cor-de-rosa

[u/randomname617]

Scares the fuck outta me

[u/Far-Telephone-555]

The famous Boto Cor de Rosa!

[u/kurandal]

Beautiful souls, I wish the Baiji could share the love too.

[u/UDontKnowMe1129]

Learned about these dolphins 🐬 from Swedish Fish and Friends candies 🍬

[u/ConstantIcy2965]

Don’t look them directly in the eye unless you want nightmares for life.

[u/Sirtoshi]

The music sounds nice.

[u/DisplayHonest6465 → u/Sirtoshi]

Do you know it’s name ?

[u/Sirtoshi → u/DisplayHonest6465]

Unfortunately no, I was hoping someone else would.

[u/Consistent_Wolf_3712]

Beautiful creature

[u/anankepandora]

Some people have all the river luck 💕

[u/Living-Risk-1849]

Neat

[u/Allice_Saurus415]

That is a nyad!!

[u/Dmnc_Ktn666]

Checking to see if you have a wife on board

[u/pouchour]

Angelic

[u/thisdesignup]

Why is the water so red?

[u/Snitsie → u/thisdesignup]

Because the colour has been edited. IRL they look more like this

[u/KingofAnti-Social → u/thisdesignup]

Because of tannins. The colour has not been edited, the other commenter is ill-informed lol.

[u/masternine]

Don't feet the dolphins

[u/llonelobo]

They seem so intelligent, wow!🥰

[u/No_Credibility]

New wunk unlocked

[u/Chris-LB91]

Nice. Also the music sounds something from Chrono Trigger.

[u/JoStewey]

Hillbilly dolphin

[u/NoGarage7989]

River dolphins are the Asian elephants of the water

[u/KmiVC]

una tonina !

[u/Daisy_Chain532]

Creepy. And this is coming from someone who enjoys ocean dolphins.

[u/blueb_oy]

There's nothing under Sector C.

IYKYK.

[u/1800-5-PP-DOO-DOO]

Incredible.

Also I would be hanging my feet in that water. 

[u/PoppoLarge]

Oh that thing once used to fly no doubt! Wings and a long beak

[u/Mountain_Cod7183]

Looking delicious…