Name: Brazil - A Natural History
Uploaded: 2014
Description: Explore the many regions of Brazil and discover the multitude of wildlife in the tropical forests, lakes and coastline areas.

Explore the many regions of Brazil and discover the multitude of wildlife in the tropical forests, lakes and coastline areas.

The Mata Atlantica, a little-known forest in Brazil, is home to South America’s largest monkey; swifts that fly through waterfalls, and birds that take 10 years to learn the right dance moves. Travel to this remote beautiful forest, of which only 7% of the original land remains.

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The Mata Atlantica is home to South America’s largest monkey; swifts that fly through waterfalls, and birds that take 10 years to learn the right dance moves.

Fragile Forest

The grassland that covers the central region of Brazil is the country’s least known habitat, home to fascinating creatures like the burrowing owl, the anteater and the maned wolf. See how these and other animals and insects live in this central plain in Brazil.

The grassland that covers the central region of Brazil is the country’s least known habitat and home to many fascinating creatures.

Wild Heart

The Pantanal is a land of two worlds. The jaguars and giant otters thrive in the dry season but must let the caiman and fish take over when it becomes a vast glittering swamp.

The jaguars and giant otters thrive in the dry season of the Pantanal but must let the caiman and fish take over when it becomes a vast glittering swamp.

Labyrinth Of Lakes

There is far more to Brazil’s coast than Copacabana Beach. Whales and dolphins, walking octopus and ultra-poisonous snakes make Brazil’s 7,500-kilometer stretch of coast one of the most diverse in the world. And then there is Snake Island, home of the most poisonous snake on Earth.

Whales and dolphins, walking octopus and ultra-poisonous snakes make Brazil’s 7,500-kilometer stretch of coast one of the most diverse in the world.

Paradise Coast

The Amazon still has the power to surprise. Learn about the leaf cutter ant, that can remove poisons from the leaves; the harpy eagle, so large it can prey on monkeys; the pirarucu, a primordial monster fish, and more as we follow the annual flooding of the forest in Brazil.

Learn about the leaf cutter ant, the harpy eagle, the pirarucu, and more as we follow the annual flooding of the forest in Brazil.