Amazon River Dolphin
📸 Photo by Lucia Barreiros Silva: https://www.pexels.com/photo/dolphin-catching-fish-12434692/
South America’s fabled pink river dolphin glides through flooded Amazon-Orinoco forests. A flexible neck and long beak thread between roots to snatch fish. Pollution, dams and by-catch now edge this freshwater icon toward danger.
Technical factsheet
Type:Marine_mammal
Habitat:Freshwater
Diet:Piscivore
Continents:South America
Size:Up to 2.5 m length
Weight:100–160 kg
Activity:Diurnal
Social behavior:Pair
Lifespan:Up to 30 years
Habitat: The Amazon River Dolphin can be found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela