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Swimming With the Forest Dolphins of the Amazon

Pink River Dolphins are some of the most playful and mysterious of all Amazon animals.

Aired 06/26/2019 | Rating TV-PG

Rivers of Life

Swimming With the Forest Dolphins of the Amazon

Clip: Season 1 Episode 2 | 53sVideo has Closed Captions

Pink River Dolphins are some of the most playful and mysterious of all Amazon animals.

Pink River Dolphins, known locally as “botos" are the largest species of river dolphin in the world and are some of the most specialized and strange of all Dolphins, with flexible necks and whiskers on their beaks. Thanks to their agility they can hunt in the Amazon’s legendary “flooded forests."

Aired 06/26/2019 | Rating TV-PG

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Clip: S1 Ep2 | 45s | Drone aerials capture the Amazon’s flood transition from low to high water. (45s)

Dive Into the Amazons Secret Blue Lagoon

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Clip: S1 Ep2 | 1m 31s | Dive into the transparent bubbling waters of the Amazon’s secret blue lagoon. (1m 31s)

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