Brazil is the biggest country in South America and the 5th biggest country in the world. The country is the home to the Amazon Rain forest filled with incredible creatures. The most spectacular Carnival in the world is held in Brazil every year and the country is filled with natural wonders.
Today we count down 15 unexpected things you will only see in Brazil. It’s time to go south and see what’s up in the land of the beautiful game. 15 – Anaconda Crossing The Road Number 15 on our list is a giant Anaconda crossing the road. A giant anaconda safely crossed a busy road in Brazil thanks to helpful bystanders who stopped traffic to allow the monster of a reptile to get to the other side.
The enormous snake crossing the road was a sight to behold. Several people were getting out of their vehicles to help stop traffic to allow the reptile to slither safely across the highway. Local media reported the snake to be about 80 pounds in size and over 9 feet long. According to experts, the snake was likely in search of something to eat.
These snakes can appear in the urban area in search of food, which is small rodents, and in the city, they can feed on dogs and even cats, so it’s good to be careful not to leave the trash in the yard because these animals can smell the rodents and come close to homes, especially during the rainy season.
We see many snakes lying dead on the road because people don’t stop for the reptiles to cross the road. It’s not everyone who protects animals like that. Some people prefer to see them dead. What I’m wondering is where the snake went afterward. I mean, there’s a house in the background and he went slithering into the bush in the proximity of the house.
Wouldn’t it have been safer to call wildlife experts so they could take the reptile and put him back where he came from unless they invited him for supper at the house in the background? 14 – INSANO Number 14 on our list is the Tallest Water Slide in the World.
Insano is a stomach-churning water slide. Towering over the landscape at a whopping 100 feet high, it is the equivalent of a 14-story building. Insano has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and brave riders plummet down the slide at a nerve-shredding speed, reaching around 65 miles an hour.
The plunge is so steep that although riders travel 100 feet, the entire ride takes just four or five seconds. The Brazilian beach park website describes the Insano as the most extreme equipment of its type on the planet.
Constructed in 1989, the thrill ride attracts daredevils from all over the world. Some tourists panic and sometimes they even cry. Normally they’re all Europeans, Germans, Russians, and French. When you slide down, you fly because the fall is too steep, so you’re in mid-air for most of it.
For safety reasons, Insano only allows travel in a single position–on your back with arms and legs crossed. However, with such hair-raising speeds, I can’t imagine this would be a problem for most as it is unlikely many would want to plunge down headfirst.
Insano can be found in Fortaleza, Brazil, and for those not distracted by the significant drop below it offers magnificent views of the Atlantic Ocean from the top. 13 – FISHERMEN AND DOLPHIN ALLIANCE Number 13 on our list is the Fishermen and Dolphin alliance.
In Laguna, Brazil, there are fishermen who have formed an alliance with wild bottlenose dolphins living just offshore, both of whom target mullets, a type of fish. The dolphins have found that if they herd groups of the fish toward the shore where the fishermen are waiting with nets; they make it easier for themselves to catch fish.
The dolphins slap their heads or tails on the water when the fish are close enough for the fishermen to catch them. Upon seeing the signal from the dolphins, the fishermen cast their nets. When they do so, the fish break away from their school, making it easier for the dolphins to catch them.
The same individual dolphins that fish with the humans hang out together even when they’re not fishing. They swim around and play together, preferring the company of one another over the company of other dolphins in the area. They even take naps together.
Researchers claim the behavior they observed in the dolphins was an example of homophyly, which sociologists define as behavior by individuals in a group who associate in a social manner with those who engage in that behavior with them—in this case, fishing with humans.
