Predators Swim In The Super-Clear Waters Of South Brazil | VR 360 | Seven Worlds, One Planet

[Music] you're in southwest Brazil the Walters here are famous for being impossibly clear and supporting a whole host of life [Music] right now you're a bar deep pool and even from here you can see all the way to the bottom you may have noticed the riverbed is bubbling these are limestone Springs a unique feature of this area of Brazil this is known locally as the volcano an erupting spring of calcium carbonate it is the presence of this chemical compound that makes the water so brilliantly clear the waters here are home to over 40 species of freshwater fish including these pair of bitanga that you may recognize from the seven worlds one planet Ceres [Music] let's find some more here we go [Music] somewhat unusually these fish have a particular taste for fruit and their diets can be 75 percent vegetarian [Music] if you look closely you might just spot the odd one out in this show is a predator Dorado spend their early lives looking remarkably similar to the parapet Agnes this helps them hide amongst the relatively harmless show allowing them to rush out and strike their prey when large enough the Dorado can swallow pair of Batangas hole a might grow to be a meter long away over 30 kilograms from the tiny red mato grosso to the larger Piazza the dense vegetation provides safety for a range of species but here it is the parapet angles that are most abundant their fondness for fruit and flowers plays a vital role in the dispersal of seeds to allow trees and plants to grow all along the banks of these crystal-clear waterways you

Channel: BBC Earth

Views: 334,893

Keywords: bbc documentary, bbc, bbcearth, bbc earth, brazil, fish swimming, underwater animals, underwater filming, vr 360, vr animals, vr nature, vr fish swimming, underwater vr, underwater 360, vr swimming, virtual reality animals, animal 360, Predators Swim In The Super-Clear Waters Of South Brazil, bbc earth vr

Id: ZzYp_r0ANd8

Length: 4min 15sec (255 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 28 2020