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- Vampire Fish : Saber-tooth monsters. The vampire fish (also known as payara fish) is a ferocious hunter that certainly doesn’t back away from a fight. Armed with massive bottom fangs and razor sharp teeth, this evil looking fish is a common resident of the Amazon Basin.
- Arapaima : One of the world’s largest freshwater fish. The colossal Arapaima is one of the world’s largest freshwater fish and can reach remarkable lengths of up to 2m, earning it a reputation as being one of the beasts of the Amazon Basin.
- Green Anaconda : Real life monsters from horror movies. The green anaconda is also referred to as the common anaconda or water boa. Although non-venomous, it’s extremely dangerous.
- Giant Leech : World’s LARGEST blood sucking parasite. Want to know what the world’s largest blood sucking leech is? It’s the Amazon Giant Leech. This parasite can grow up to 45 cm in length and is found in freshwater areas in the Amazon.
- 12 Most Dangerous Amazon Animals
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- What About Uncontacted Tribes Armed with Bows and Arrows?
- So How Dangerous Is The Amazon?
1. Green Anaconda Snake
The Amazon is home to a whole range of terrifying and dangerous snakes, from the highly venomous pit vipers to the ferocious South American rattlesnake. But none is perhaps more intimidating than the huge green anaconda. Reaching lengths of over 30 feet and weighing more than 500 pounds, it’s the largest snake in the world. The good news is that they are not venomous! But instead, they use their formidable muscle power to constrict and suffocate their prey before swallowing whole without chew...
2. Red-bellied Piranha
This fearsome-looking fish has a reputation for “feeding frenzies” whereby large schools swarm around prey stripping all the flesh from the bones within a matter of minutes. There are plentiful stories of large mammals and even humans being targeted and eaten alive in the water, as depicted in several well-known Hollywood movies. With its razor-sharp triangular-shaped teeth, powerful jaw, and fearsome-looking red eyes, the piranha certainly looks pretty terrifying. But you’ll be glad to learn...
3. Electric Eel
Not actually an eel, but a type of knife fish, this shocking creature is capable of generating up to 600 volts through its elecrocyte cells, five times more electricity than in the standard wall socket. It usually only uses small amounts of electricity to stun its prey of choice, but when feeling threatened it is capable of releasing stronger and multiple shocks that can endure minutes on end. Residing in the murky depths of the Amazon River, the electric eel feasts on invertebrates, fish, an...
It’s not just the animals of the Amazon you have to watch out for. Strychnos and Curare are two Amazonian plants that are infamously poisonous.Both are often used in creating poisonous arrows by indigenous tribes that kill through contact with blood and result in asphyxiation. Another danger you might not think of is from above! The Cannonball Tree...
Some uncontacted tribes still exist in South America, and nearly all of them are in the deepest parts of the Amazon, far from the regions where tourists visit. They are not aggressive and prefer to stay away from other civilizations. The truth is that most native people in the Amazon live much like you and me. There are cities, ports, bridges, and ...
While the Amazon is filled with amazing creatures and plants like those listed above, they have little interest in human contact, and attacks on humans, particularly tourists, are rare. They prefer their natural diet. Most snakes and spiders in the Amazon are not venomous. They are afraid of humans so when they see them coming, they tend to go in t...
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Jan 22, 2022 · How scary/bloody/violent is it? 6/10. However, if you are a person who fears plane crashes (I am not), it might be closer to 7/10. Creepiness level: High. Cannibal vibe: Very high.
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Rating: 4/5-- The 'scary stuff' ranges from sexual tension and psychological torture to theological threats and simple fear of death by dehydration... Full Review FEARnet
