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Climate change makes its presence felt in the Amazon’s shrinking fish

Climate change makes its presence felt in the Amazon’s shrinking fish | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
“Everything is happening at the wrong time,” says Myrian Pereira Vasques. “The trees are blossoming at the wrong time, the soil isn’t the same, the weather is too hot and the fish are dying in the dry season. People who fish for a living are feeling it.” Myrian lives in the Amazonian village of Filadélfia, […]
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Gigantic Amazon Fish is Going Extinct - Nature World News

Gigantic Amazon Fish is Going Extinct - Nature World News | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it
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Gigantic Amazon Fish is Going Extinct
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Weighting as much as 400 pounds, the massive arapaima fish is likely one of the largest fish you could ever see with your own two eyes.
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Weekend Wildlife:  Meet the massive arapaima...before it's gone?

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Keeping Amazon fish connected is key to their conservation

Keeping Amazon fish connected is key to their conservation | RAINFOREST EXPLORER | Scoop.it

Unless a system-wide approach to conservation is applied to Amazon basin lakes, floodplains and rivers, we could soon see a collapse of the region’s fish populations.


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