Amazon by photography of Leonide Principe
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Forever faithful
Read more: Forever faithfulEternally faithful, macaws choose a single mate for their entire lives.
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Meeting of giants
Read more: Meeting of giantsA regional boat crosses the Meeting of the Waters, near Manaus. Negro river (dark water) meets the Solimoes river (yellowish water)
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Eyes of guaraná
Read more: Eyes of guaranáThe fruit of guaraná (Paullinia cupana) grows from a vine in the Amazon rainforest. Cultivated by the Sateré-Mawé, the plant is native
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Calibrated adrenaline
Read more: Calibrated adrenalineA really effective attitude in approaching wild animals is the ability to control the internal level of adrenaline.
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Felid complicity
Read more: Felid complicityAt first, the cat was calm, looked for a corner and lay down, watching the movement of the humans
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Little fairy
Read more: Little fairyThe inevitable question always comes to my mind: who designed you? so perfect! so harmoniously proportioned!
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Shameless monkey
Read more: Shameless monkeyThe capuchin monkey seems to smell the flower, but make no mistake, he is about to make another prank, as is his nature.
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I am from river…
Read more: I am from river…When referring to his homeland, he does not say that he was born in such a city, but in such a river: ‘I am from Juruá!
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Let me piss
Read more: Let me pissCivilized humans don’t urinate like that anymore, humans have a politely closed little room and deposit their waste and draw water,
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Butterfly mating
Read more: Butterfly matingThe couple of lovers posed on a branch near me, I dropped my gear bag, mounted a long focal lens
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Ephemeral flower
Read more: Ephemeral flowerThat is, until one day, suddenly, she opened the doors of her cathedral to me, ten years after our first meeting.
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Way of light
Read more: Way of lightEssential and reduced to a minimum, the canoe hull requires a skill acquired since childhood, playing and naturally learning
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Not bored, maybe sad
Read more: Not bored, maybe sadThe monkey in the photo, like all the monkeys in the collection, doesn’t have a bored face, never, it just seems to have a sad face.
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Eternal playful
Read more: Eternal playfulIt’s only because of the two cameras I had around my neck that I was able to resist the strong urge to jump into the water. However…
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The soul of the fish
Read more: The soul of the fishThe riverside fisherman knows the laws of physics, but in a different way from how they are taught in schools…
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What? Hybrid?
Read more: What? Hybrid?When two species such as C. eldorado and C. violacea, despite having different flowering times, due to special circumstances…
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Dark wonder
Read more: Dark wonderThe orchid receives exotic names such as ‘dark wonder’ or ‘dark warrior’ for its petals and dark burgundy sepals.
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Tender sloth
Read more: Tender slothTenderly looking at the camera, naturally smiling, they are the mother and child of a sloth. It lives off the impeccable balance…
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Woman in charge
Read more: Woman in chargeIn the white waters of the Solimões River, the riverside woman rolls up, steering the boat by the bow.
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Your Majesty
Read more: Your MajestyThe white, slightly pinkish flower appears this way on the first day, but it gradually turns more red as time passes…
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Total trust
Read more: Total trustIt is recognized that Amazon River Dolphins change their behavior in the presence of children and pregnant women
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A tree and a rope
Read more: A tree and a ropeThis is dangerous, irresponsible and useless, and, worse still, subjects the child to the risk of an accident. Is it really?
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Amazon legend
Read more: Amazon legendAt the end of June, regional boats are sailing along the Amazon River towards Parintins. Coming from all directions, a fleet of boats converge…
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Superpredator
Read more: SuperpredatorThe jaguar (Panthera onca) is a superpredator and can theoretically prey on any terrestrial or semi-aquatic vertebrate in Central…
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Spider monkey puppies
Read more: Spider monkey puppiesI arrived at the river dweller’s house, greeted the whole family, and noticed that in a corner of the backyard there were two spider monkey puppies…
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Dear baby
Read more: Dear babySheltered, protected, pampered, the baby monkey grows in the safest place in the world. He is the mother’s absolute priority…
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Terrifying sound
Read more: Terrifying soundThe red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) is the loudest land animal in the world, with its calls reaching up to 140 decibels…
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The last ray
Read more: The last rayAt sunset, one of the tallest trees in the area, the angelim-ferro (Dinizia excelsa), bathes in the gold of the last ray of sun over the forest…
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Fairy dust
Read more: Fairy dustThe humid tropical forest is hot and dense, considered the oldest ecosystem on Earth. The Equator line runs through the Amazon…
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Thousand eyes
Read more: Thousand eyesIt’s 6:33 in the morning, the sun’s rays have already invaded the Abra144 valley with all the heat of the month of August.
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The riverine landscape
Read more: The riverine landscapeOn the edge of Lake Piranha, the river dweller collects his fishing net in a breathtaking landscape. Breathtaking for whom?
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In the kapok shade
Read more: In the kapok shadeIt’s the month of April and the water is already on the pillars of the blockhouse. The kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) also feels the tickle
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The thinker
Read more: The thinkerThe white-fronted capuchin monkeys are commonly known as cairara (Cebus albifrons). They are highly intelligent…
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Classroom
Read more: ClassroomHow about this classroom? Mounted on the Filhote, a young samaumeira, near a jungle hotel, the table was
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The jaguar, my neighbor 4
Read more: The jaguar, my neighbor 4In the following months I created a certain expectation, I looked for Charlie in all the new records, thinking that he would record again,
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The cougar, my neighbor 3
Read more: The cougar, my neighbor 3I can assume that a young cougar (Puma concolor) recorded its passage through Ponto dos Gatos three times. I named the cat ‘Garoto’
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Princess
Read more: PrincessFrom my balcony overlooking the forest, I am greeted by the sight of the majestic tree, a 180-feet-tall iron tree (Dinizia excelsa).
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Outstanding tree
Read more: Outstanding treeIt is an achievement that involves a great challenge to the force of gravity. There’s emotion in it, balanced by the cold calculation of safety.
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Shool day
Read more: Shool dayIn Paraná do Ariaú, it’s just another day. The father is already at work, the boys go to school, and this is the house where the family lives.
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Water Paths
Read more: Water PathsIn the floating village of Cacau Pereira, water is present in everyday life, at the doorstep, below and all around. This same water,
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The jaguar, my neighbor 2
Read more: The jaguar, my neighbor 2Walking calmly, the jaguar enters the frame from East going to West, in direction of my house. The magnificent cat appears to be
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The jaguar, my neighbor 1
Read more: The jaguar, my neighbor 1On July 7, 2007 at 5:13 PM, when I took this photo, I had no idea about the synchronicity of those two points where the arcs of light pointed.
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Gigantic arapaima
Read more: Gigantic arapaimaThe arapaima lives in Amazonian lakes, in poor oxygen water. That is why the arapaima has a rudimentary respiratory apparatus
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Enchanted
Read more: EnchantedShe was a cunhã (pretty girl) who lived in one of those great lakes in the counãryside of the Amazon.
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Snakes have beauty
Read more: Snakes have beautyThe green boa is a spectacular snake because of its emerald green color, it blends perfectly into the forest foliage and has heat-sensitive organs
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Bug reputation
Read more: Bug reputationThe Jequitiranaboia or peanut head bug (Fulgura laternaria) suffers from a terrible reputation: they say it has poison, brings bad luck, and many
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Talking butterfly
Read more: Talking butterflyThe monarch butterfly has a very singular characteristic: long migratory journeys take them thousands of kilometers from their birthplace
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Channel of taxizeiros
Read more: Channel of taxizeirosOn the horizon of the photo, the Negro river dominates and the channel empties into it or, interestingly, it can also reverse
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Natural calendar
Read more: Natural calendarMaybe the riverside people’s feelings are not enchanted by that spectacle, as I am.
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Awarded forest
Read more: Awarded forestImage awarded first place in the 11th Itaú-BBA National Contest of Photography in the Flowered Forest category.
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Spirits of the forest
Read more: Spirits of the forestIn the first light of morning, when the air hangs suspended and not even the slightest breeze can penetrate the landscape, it is in this magical
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Jute planter
Read more: Jute planterJute (Corchorus capsularis) is a vegetable textile fiber that comes from the Tilioideae family. It was brought from India in 1930 by