15 Strangest Things Recently Discovered In Brazil

brazil is a big place and the bigger the place is the more chances you have of finding something strange there be it locals or tourists many people have stumbled upon curious oddities there these are the strangest things recently discovered in brazil [Music] number 15 the blue lake grotto a local tarina indian discovered the gruda delago azul or blue lake grotto in 1942 considered one of the strangest things discovered in brazil it's possible that no human has ever set foot in this cave before in fact it may have laid completely undisturbed for hundreds if not thousands of years for all we know this beautiful cave is an absolute must see by all who have been lucky enough to visit it it is filled with a pool of crystal clear blue water and because of this anomaly it is considered part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet although it has not been fully explored the pool is understood to be over 200 feet deep it's a great place to visit on a sunny day as the sunlight strikes the water through a hole in the ceiling turning the water into a beautiful shade of blue the pool is believed to be lake fed this means that water from a mystery underground source either a lake or river leaks into this nearby cavity this awe-inspiring attraction was the site of an expedition in 1992 prehistoric remains of giant mammals saber-toothed tigers and even giant sloths were discovered so not only is it an incredible place to visit it's also filled with undiscovered history like this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or this centipede will crawl on your face when you're sleeping now it's time for the odd topic this aerial shot of a large bridge seems to show something odd in the water a passing glance would suggest it almost looks like a classic chinese water dragon though it can't be surely if chinese dragons are real what is one even doing in brazil the photo was taken by a weather reporter in a helicopter above who described it as looking like the world's largest snake what do you think it is comment down below with the hashtag oddtopic and let us know your opinion in relation to what we just showed on screen with that said let's keep things moving number 14 fluorescent frogs we've all seen those famous crime shows where the police or fbi agents enter what appears to be a well-cleaned murder space only to find all is not what it seems using a special ultra-violet light investigators often get more than they bargained for well this unusual little creature was recently discovered in brazil using this exact technique those who discovered it had no idea what they had found until they shown their lights when studying the acoustic communications of miniature frogs an international team of researchers were in for a real visual treat the miniature frogs belong to the brachiophilus ephippium species and are profoundly deaf this proves to be a real handicap for the frogs during mating season as they cannot hear the call of the opposite sex the research team were trying to figure out what alternative methods these frogs used to gain the attention of their potential mate and what they found was certainly fascinating they stumbled across the phenomenon quite by accident as they were searching for the frogs when they turned on their ultraviolet lamps intense light started beaming from the back and heads of a host of little critters that turned out to be frogs they were covered in invisible fluorescent patterns that were only visible to the human eye under certain light that's a fancy superpower don't you think number 13. giant emerald found in brazil one of the strangest things recently discovered in brazil was dug up by explorers in early 2017 a giant emerald measuring 4.3 feet and weighing in at a huge 794 pounds was uncovered in the mining region of carneba in the north of brazil this precious stone was unearthed 200 meters under the earth's crust deep inside the mine by a member of the bahia mineral cooperative shortly after it was sold to an individual for an undisclosed amount but experts have weighed in with their guesses as a comparison they used a similar find in 2001 that weighed just 44 pounds with this in mind experts predict that the enormous emerald would have fetched around 310 million us dollars now that sort of find would definitely change your life the stone is kept under heavy security in a secret location because it is so valuable the new owner says that the giant stone is extremely rare due to its size and the quality of its crystals as such he must keep its whereabouts a secret and move it on occasion to ensure its safety the gem also has its own protection detail as its owner wants to avoid it being stolen number 12 ancient tunnels discovered just like a scene straight out of a fast and furious movie hundreds of tunnels have been discovered in brazil said to date back at least 10 000 years they were found by a south american research team experts in brazil have discovered hundreds of underground tunnels which date back over 10 000 years the gigantic tunnels are neatly constructed and are believed to have been created by humans digging through and under the forest floor it's hard to imagine how much work would have gone into these particularly in the days before the earth moving equipment we have today it makes you wonder what they were used for the tunnel structure is huge and is considered the largest paleo burrow in the amazon coming in at twice the size of its brazilian counterparts these tunnels are also considerably older than any other tunnels found in the area unable to be explained by any known geological process many animals have called them home throughout the years with massive claw marks lining the ceilings and walls in 2010 geologist emel carr atomy from the federal university of rio grande de soul investigated the tunnels which are located just a few miles north of the bolivian border he compared his findings with those of previously discovered tunnels and concluded that neither the whole nor the tunnels could possibly be naturally made at the time he said that natural events couldn't possibly be responsible for creating tunnels with round passages and smooth floors so they had to be man-made number 11 penis snake discovered in brazil this could just be the most unusual and disturbing animal that's ever been found in brazil neither penis nor snake this rare amphibian was given the name of penis snake when discovered in the brazilian amazon an odd site with both its appearance and grey complexion this unusual creature looks very much like the private part of the male anatomy atretoana celti is the scientific name given to what is considered the world's largest sicilian it is a limbless amphibian that resembles a snake and can measure up to 30 inches long this unusual little character lacks lungs so it breathes through its skin but little more is known about it an odd little animal it was found while a portion of the modera river was being drained for a hydroelectric project during the process environmentalists noticed its squirming amongst what used to be water it turned out to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in fact if work was being done to build 30 dams at the time the penis snake may never have been discovered fancy that number 10 megaliths discovered in brazil a large prehistoric standing stone that forms a monument or a stone circle is known as a megalith this is exactly what was found in brazil and has been considered both strange and fascinating in fact a group of scientists and researchers discovered evidence that a highly advanced ancient civilization could have existed in brazil it is believed to have been formed at least 500 years before the colonization of europe and is most intriguing imagine how much work was involved in this labor-intensive creation these rocks certainly don't look light rumor has it that the natives of the brazilian amazon were possibly creating an impressive arrangement of immense towering granite blocks creating what is explained as the amazon's stonehenge it is certainly an amazing site the new york times released an article which shared archaeologists evidence about the megalith their evidence concluded that the indigenous people who inhabited that area developed a more advanced civilization than most western observers previously thought the structure consists of 27 blocks of granite each measuring up to 13.1 feet high it is laid out in a circle formation that measures nearly 100 feet in diameter just proves that modern machinery is not always required to get the job done doesn't it number nine 33 foot long anaconda you would think discovering a snake in a place like brazil would be common right well yes would be the correct answer so what makes this entry so strange let me tell you this snake was a little larger than most okay maybe a lot in fact it would be safe to say that this 33 foot long behemoth would be enough to scare the pants off any frequent horror movie goer the snake was encountered early in 2016 when a group of construction workers literally stumbled across it could you imagine i wouldn't know which way to turn it was soon identified as the largest snake in the world and shortly after hit the pages of the guinness book of world records it was spotted as it fled for safety when the construction crew blasted open a cave to make way for the bailomante dam on the xingu river in the state of para a massive example of the anaconda it measured the same length as three mini coopers lined up and weighed 882 pounds about the same as a fully grown grizzly bear i wouldn't be keen on meeting up with it that's for sure and unfortunately its whereabouts are now a bit of a mystery in february 2016 a video was seen circulating around social media and if you guessed it it went viral the video was filmed by alexandra flores and shows the snake being lifted by a crane and later chained up no one knows quite what happened next so sorry i can't put your mind at rest number eight world's oldest pyramids are discovered we've all seen the pictures of the infamous pyramids of egypt but what would you say if i told you that one of the strangest things recently discovered in brazil was a pyramid on the atlantic coast of southern brazil archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest pyramids these pyramids are formed exactly like those found in egypt and mexico but it seems as though these structures were built for religious purposes hundreds of human corpses have been found inside of these huge glorified tombs all complete with spectacular grave goodies they include stone plaques shell breast plates and hand sculpted birds fish whales and other animals all carved completely out of stone this discoveries left people wondering how it came to be so much like those in egypt obviously there wouldn't have been contact between the two civilizations i mean there were no phones or internet back then right so the basic concept of constructing a pyramid in this particular time period was independent in both places using different methods tools and materials number seven two-headed bad now this could just be the oddest thing you've seen today well let's hope so anyway back in 2001 a bat was discovered but it wasn't like any bat that had been seen before you see this unusual strange creature was sporting two heads the bat which is pretty much the stuff of nightmares was found dead under a mango tree in the vienna forests of southeastern brazil uncertain of what could cause such an abnormality the body was donated to the federal rural university of rio de janeiro they analyzed the creature and concluded that the bat's placenta was still attached to their shared bodies upon birth based on the characteristics of the bat it was concluded that it was a neo-tropical fruit bat which are common to south and central america as well as some parts of the caribbean a birth defect like this means that the creature wouldn't be able to live for a long period of time the bat became such a talking point that national geographic even reported on the discovery saying the bats would have passed shortly after being born or were possibly stillborn after using the bat corpse for research it was preserved in 70 ethanol which will stop it from decaying and allow it to be put on display for many years to come number six new species of tt monkey we transition now from a deformed bat to the cutest little monkey on the planet the tt monkey is one of the most diverse neo-tropical animals of its primate group with around 30 species currently known and recognized worldwide this little fella is recognized on our list of strangest things recently discovered in brazil [Music] they move through trees and create a habitat high above the forest floor to keep themselves safe from the predators lurking below they grow between 9 and 18 inches tall and are exceptionally cute with long soft fur and striking coloration in fact you might have even considered them the ideal pet if they weren't just a little while the tt monkey genus plectorocebus is a unique amazonian monkey that was first discovered by dr el mario kamara gusmao of the universidade de estado de mato grosso i think i nailed that and the instituto de edu cacao professionale and his colleagues these monkeys have been found living in small family groups feasting on fruit and other items found in the dense forest and have we mentioned just how cute they are number five desert dwelling carnivorous this next strange thing recently discovered in brazil is believed to have been left there over 65 million years ago you guessed it it is obviously a dinosaur the fossil remains of the vespersarus peronansis were found in cruzeiro du este municipality of piranha state these fossils were dug up by a team of paleontologists visiting the area from brazil and argentina this dinosaur was a desert-based carnivorous theropod a group of two-footed meat-eating dinosaurs the most famous and well-known from this group include the tyrannosaurus and velociraptor this particular example was about five foot tall and would have used its claws to capture smaller prey around 90 million years ago imagine how different life would have been back then i can't say i would have been too keen on cohabitating with dinosaurs though would you no doubt we would have made the perfect lunch at least for the meat eaters among them number four human sized prehistoric rad some people get squeamish just hearing people mention the word rat so imagine if this one popped out from behind your cupboards on the hunt for a quick snack this giant prehistoric rat is one of the strangest things recently discovered in brazil as large as a human it lived in the amazon rainforest more than 10 million years ago its remains were recently found by scientists who believe it would have weighed upwards of 175 pounds and reached 5 feet in length if you're unable to picture the size of this massive beast let's compare it to our normal brown rat that we see today a common rat is less than a foot long and weighs only half a pound its measurements alone make this rat the biggest rodent to ever roam south america and even the world this prehistoric monster was named neoplabema a queen sis and had two huge curved incisor teeth and a tiny brain that weighed just 114 grams it obviously wasn't very clever which i'm more than happy about or it may have survived to terrorize us today number three newly discovered eel delivers the strongest electric jolt on record next on the list of strangest things recently discovered in brazil is an electric eel that holds the record for the strongest electric joule this eel has left scientists speechless as they have long assumed that there was only one species of electric eel on the planet most powerful electric eel species identified in amazon what really put a spanner in the works was when a team of researchers examined more than 100 electric eels from south america's amazon basin they found that there are actually three species two more than what were originally thought one of these species really had scientists shocked as it delivered the strongest electrical current ever to be measured from a living animal this species of eel looks and behaves exactly like the rest it has brown wrinkly skin with a sad look upon its face however the research team was able to find one subtle difference this new species had a slight variation in its skull shape and body structure this find led the team to conclude that this specific species may have evolved and adapted to find food on rocky river bottoms and to efficiently swim through fast flowing currents number two river dolphin a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence and a very rare find this next brazilian discovery will leave you speechless scientists believed that these animals were no longer inhabiting the areas of brazil due to the fact that none had been sighted since they were first discovered at the end of world war one we've come here to the amazon to check out the boto dolphin otherwise known as the pink river dolphin but proving everyone wrong the river dolphin has recently reappeared not just any river dolphin though this species is special to the area named after the uruguaya river where it was first located this species is understood to be only the fifth of its kind to have been found noted in the journal plos one researchers have stated that the dolphins separated from other south american river species more than two million years ago from there it created a new habitat in a completely different region after further investigation it is believed that there are about 1 000 of these specific dolphins living in the uruguaya river basin unique and different in coloration and shape these river dolphins are among the world's rarest creatures iucn the international union for the conservation of nature states that there are only four known species of river dolphin and three of them are on the red list meaning they are critically endangered so if you want to set your sights on one you would better get on it number one nara takuara jesmoney this intriguing discovery is a genus of killfish belonging to the revuelidae family it is a fish that is endemic to seasonal pools swamps and the lagoons and is considered quite the pest in many areas the species of maritechuara jess monet were found on a temporary pool at a fluvial island in the middle of rio zingu para state brazil and they are proving a bit of a problem to shift [Music] the rare find is believed to be the first of this specific genus in the riojingu drainage amazon basin this specific fish is quite different to any other due to its unique color pattern which unlike other species does not have horizontal rows of dark small orange spots on its dorsal fin this new species is believed to be found at lower depths they are small fish and can grow up to two inches in length what some people find strange others consider normal so it's essentially a matter of perspective i mean a bad with two heads sounds not only strange but completely bizarre well at least to me it does others might have encountered such a thing before and not even flinched i can't say there would be too many people that wouldn't cringe at the thought of a human-sized rat though would you also check out our other cool stuff showing up on screen right now see you next time

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Length: 21min 40sec (1300 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 25 2020