Which Amazonian fish is commonly called the tambaqui and has powerful teeth adapted for crushing seeds?
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Colossoma macropomum
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Which Amazonian fish is commonly called the tambaqui and has powerful teeth adapted for crushing seeds?
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Colossoma macropomum
What is the scientific name of the giant otter found in the Amazon Rainforest?
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Pteronura brasiliensis
Which explorer is credited with naming the Amazon River after encountering Indigenous female warriors in 1541?
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Francisco de Orellana
Which Amazon Rainforest plant has leaves that can grow to about 3 metres across?
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Victoria amazonica
Which Amazon Rainforest monkey is famous for using stones to crack open hard nuts?
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Bearded capuchin
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What is the scientific name of the giant otter found in the Amazon Rainforest?
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Pteronura brasiliensis
Which explorer is credited with naming the Amazon River after encountering Indigenous female warriors in 1541?
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Francisco de Orellana
Which Amazon Rainforest plant has leaves that can grow to about 3 metres across?
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Victoria amazonica
Which Amazon Rainforest monkey is famous for using stones to crack open hard nuts?
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Bearded capuchin
Which highway, begun in 1970, cuts across Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest from east to west?
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Trans-Amazonian Highway
Which Amazon Rainforest mammal is the world’s largest freshwater dolphin?
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Amazon river dolphin
Which Amazonian river is the world’s largest blackwater river by volume?
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Negro River
Which Amazonian palm is the main source of the fruit called açaí?
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Açaí palm
Which Ecuadorian national park in the Amazon is famous for exceptional biodiversity?
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Yasuní National Park
What were the three traditional Dorian tribes of ancient Sparta collectively called?
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Hylleis, Pamphyloi, and Dymanes