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Amazonas06 - 106 * The Rio Negro version of the
Amazonas06 - 107 * Remote villages have a generator and satellite TV.
Amazonas06 - 108 * The cassava or manioc (Manihot esculenta) is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) that is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrate. The cassava plant gives the highest yield of food energy per cultivated area per day among crop plants, except possibly for sugarcane. The root cannot be consumed raw, since it contains free and bound cyanogenic glucosides which are converted to cyanide in the presence of linamarase, a naturally occurring enzyme in cassava. Cassava varieties are often categorized as either
Amazonas06 - 109 * Long-billed Woodcreeper.
Amazonas06 - 110 * Long-billed Woodcreeper.
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Amazonas06 - 111 * OSHA might take exception to this
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Amazonas06 - 113 * The level of the Rio Negro can raise 15m for half of the year.
Amazonas06 - 114 * We'd enjoy the sunset from the observation deck of the Tucano. After dinner, we would again venture out in the canoes for some nighttime wildlife viewing and star gazing.
Amazonas06 - 115 * Striated Heron.
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Amazonas06 - 116 * Ladder-tailed Nightjar.
Amazonas06 - 117 * A lone Rice Rat forages under our spot light.
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Amazonas06 - 119 * Our early morning cruise found grey
Amazonas06 - 120 * Tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) is one of the smallest of all dolphins (maximum around 152 cm). In body shape it resembles the more familiar Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), and is classed in the family of marine dolphins Delphinidae. The Tucuxi occurs only in the Amazon river, and has a close relative called the marine tucuxi (Sotalia guianensis) in coastal waters of eastern South and central America. The two species have only recently been recognised as distinct. Tucuxis are very different from botos in many respects ? they are faster, travel in tight groups, avoid shallow waters and are much more wary of human presence. (Projoto Boto)
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