dator.
The electric eel, despite its appearance, is not truly an eel (Anguilliformes) but a neotropical knifefish. It has a long, cylindrical, serpentine shaped body that grows to an average of 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.5meters) long and weights 44 lbs (20 kilos). The electric eel can live up to 15 years and their diet consists mainly on fish, and in a smaller scale amphibians and birds.
The electric eel is not truly an eel but a neotropical knifefish.
The dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palepebrosus)
Dwarf caimans are small crocodile reptiles and are distinguishable by the shape of their head. Their skulls are small and short and their upper jaws overlap the lower. The average length of a dwarf caiman is 5 feet (1.5 meters) long. Its body is covered in hard scales protecting them from predators. Their diet consists of fish and crustaceans. This species is not considered endangered.
The Amazonian dwarf caiman is also known as Cuvier’s dwarf caiman.
Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
The green anaconda lives in the shallow waters of the Amazon. It is one of the largest species of snakes and the heaviest known to men. The anaconda can grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) long. Its color, green and brown, serves as camouflage in order to catch its prey. Anacondas are non-venomous constrictor snakes; they wrap around its victim and squeeze them to death. They eat small mammals, fish and rodents.
The green anaconda, a mighty constrictor.
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More than three quarters of the Peruvian territory lies east of the Andes. The jungle or Selva has two parts, the high and the low Selva.
Mining and oil extraction are very controversial economic activities as they bring wealth and economic development but pollute the environment.
In terms of volume, the Amazon is the largest river in the world, it contains one fifth of the earth’s fresh water.
Between 1890 and 1920 the economy of the region suffer a boom due to the demand for its rubber.
Economic development is taking its toll among native Indians, many of them have fled deep inside the jungle, some have died of starvation and others have adapted to modern live.