These giant lily pads along the Amazon River are an interesting example of plant-life in this part of the world. Known as Victoria Amazonica, they grow in the shallower areas of the river and give off a fruity scent to attract insects for pollination. When that doesn't work, their little flowers heat up at their core. The leaves can grow so big that they can hold up to 50 pounds of weight.
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In this video, we travel by small wooden boat down a tributary of the Amazon River to see rainforest wildlife while staying at the Maniti Camp Expeditions lodge.Related Posts:Amazon Tourism: How deep is the water? (video)Amazon River Lodge Near Iquitos, Peru: Maniti Camp Expeditions (video)Biggest Spider Ever Crawls into Our Room in the Amazon Rainforest at Maniti Expeditions Camp ...
This poor dead mouse achieved fame posthumously when Lydian, then 13, decided his stiff presence was worth filming.Related Posts:Amazon Tourism: How deep is the water? (video)Amazon River Lodge Near Iquitos, Peru: Maniti Camp Expeditions (video)Biggest Spider Ever Crawls into Our Room in the Amazon Rainforest at Maniti Expeditions Camp (video)Birds along the Amazon River in the Amazon ...
As John, Lydian, and Jennifer sat discussing their plans for the day, a tarantula crawls up on the inside of the screen of their room at the Maniti lodge in the Amazon Rainforest. In this video, the tarantula reconsiders joining the family and slinks into a protected spot as more and more people come to see him.Related Posts:Related Posts:Amazon Tourism: How deep is the water? (video)Amazon ...
Jennifer keeps asking and Anselmo keeps telling her, but she just can't hear what he's saying. Maybe it's the early hour, or the overwhelming business of being in the Amazon Rainforest. Who knows?We stayed with Maniti Camp Expeditions while we were in Iquitos, Peru to see the Amazon Rainforest from 2 hours downriver. Maniti hired a naturalist, Anselmo, who transported us from Iquitos to the Maniti lodge ...
This video shows a 360 degree view of the Maniti Camp Expeditions lodge in the Amazon Rainforest where we stayed in 2013 while visiting Iquitos, Peru. The men outside found a deadly snake shortly after this video was taken. They were in charge of killing the chickens for our nightly meal.Related Posts:Amazon Tourism: How deep is the water? (video)Biggest Spider Ever Crawls into Our Room in the ...
We traveled into the Amazon rainforest about 2 hours from Iquitos, Peru and spent three nights at a lodge there. While we were there, we hired a naturalist who took us into the jungle via boat to see the wildlife including birds.We stayed at the Maniti Expeditions Eco-Lodge while we were in the rainforest. They paired us up with a naturalist who brought us to the lodge. Our naturalist was "Anselmo" and ...