ANIMALS of the AMERICAS: AMAZON

AUGUST 2004 on the AMAZON near MANAUS and LAKE MAMORI, BRAZIL PAUL H. YANCEY PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, WHITMAN COLLEGE (Click here for home page) For COSTA RICA, CLICK HERE For TURKS&CAICOS, CLICK HERE For YUCATAN, CLICK HERE For ICELAND, CLICK HERE For AFRICA and AUSTRALIA, and NEW ZEALAND link, CLICK HERE

Herons on giant lilypads	Fish eagle	Capybara	Grey river dolphins (the Grey dolphin or tucuxi is pinkish when young, grey as adult. The Pink dolphin or boto is always pink and has a low spinal ridge instead of a dorsal fin)
Egrets		Agouti	. Pink dolphin .........and.............3-toed sloth
Egrets above and below and right		Domesticated goat	. 3-toed sloths
		Bat (a mammal!)	.. Wooley and spider monkeys
	?	Yellow-headed blackbird
		Turkey vultures		nest

FISH, HERPS, INSECTS, SPIDERS, SNAIL

piranha in fish market	piranha we caught and ate	Placostamus	fish
	Anaconda	Cayman + butterfly	cayman
		land snail
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	dung beetle	Tarantula	Spiderweb community