Amazon River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) (16 images)

The pink dolphin lives in the freshwater of the Amazon River. Inia is known for its highly developed sense of curiousity and it rapidly associates with man in a variety of serious and playful ways.These friendly, sensitive, mammals have a brain capacity 40% larger than that of humans.

Names to describe this species include: Amazon Dolphin, Boto Vermelho, Boto Cor-de-Rosa, Bouto, Inia, Pink Dolphin, Wee Quacker, Pink Freshwater Dolphin, Pink Porpoise, Tonina and Encantado.
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The pink dolphin lives in the freshwater of the Amazon River. Inia is known for its highly developed sense of curiousity and it rapidly associates with man in a variety of serious and playful ways.These friendly, sensitive, mammals have a brain capacity 40% larger than that of humans.

Names to describe this species include: Amazon Dolphin, Boto Vermelho, Boto Cor-de-Rosa, Bouto, Inia, Pink Dolphin, Wee Quacker, Pink Freshwater Dolphin, Pink Porpoise, Tonina and Encantado.

In the Amazonian folklore, at night an Amazon river dolphin, know as "encantado" (enchanted) becomes a handsome young man who seduces girls, impregnates them, then returns to the river in the morning to become an Amazon river dolphin again.
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