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Amazon (Pink) River Dolphin

Inia geoffrensis

Description:

The Amazon or Pink River Dolphin is the largest species of freshwater dolphin. It occurs in large rivers of the Amazon and Orinoco Basins and during the flood season it ranges into the flooded forests. It has a flexible neck and spine, allowing it to catch fish between the branches and trunks of trees.

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37 Comments (1–25)

patty
patty 9 years ago

It is very nice. It's snout is very long. It is going to eat us. It is great!!!
Form III Blue students

patty
patty 9 years ago

What a mouth! What a bunch of teeth! What a throat! It is lovely! Great picture!

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Caleb Steindel
Caleb Steindel 10 years ago

saw aaaaaah!

Nicole_D_19
Nicole_D_19 11 years ago

Wow rare

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Beautiful boto. Congratulations.

Captain Nature
Captain Nature 11 years ago

Great Job!!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Congratulations!

Ilya Bezdelev
Ilya Bezdelev 11 years ago

Lovely!

cranbrook-sda-youth1
cranbrook-sda-youth1 11 years ago

Congratulations on that one!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Congratulations Adam Riley. Magnificent spotting.

AdamRiley
AdamRiley 11 years ago

Thank you for choosing my image as spotting of the day and I appreciate all the encouraging comments, thank you!

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 11 years ago

What an incredible find! Congratulations on your amazing SOTD :)

pamsai
pamsai 11 years ago

wonderful photo Adam and congrats for SOTD...

Smith'sZoo
Smith'sZoo 11 years ago

Incredible! Congrats Adam!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Congrats Adam.

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Fabulous spotting as usual Adam! Congratulations!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Thank you Noah team for selecting this lovely Mammal for SOTD honor... River Dolphins are easy prey for domestic fishers who doesn't care of their importance. In India Gangetic Dolphins are very threatened...

maria.silvacirotto
maria.silvacirotto 11 years ago

In Brazil it's callled "Boto". Local indigenous traditions says that the boto get pregnant the women from the tribe during the night.
Nice pics!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

I love the boto! Thanks for sharing this wonderful series!

Congratulations Adam for your SOTD!

tibiprada
tibiprada 11 years ago

beloved species... Congrats !

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Congratulations on a very well deserved SOTD !

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Wonderful. Congratulations!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow fantastic series they are so hard to photograph congratulations :)

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Bravo!!!

AdamRiley
Spotted by
AdamRiley

Amazonas, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 24, 2011
Submitted on Nov 25, 2011

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