The Yanomami tribe in South America are also known as Yanam or Senema are found in Venezuela and parts of Brazil. This tribe has a weird burial ritual akin to cannibalism called Endocannibalism. Endocannibalism is the practice of eating the flesh of a dead person from the same community, tribe or society.

Yanomami of Demini prepare timbó poison from a vine, used to stun fish, Demini, Brazil. Although hunting accounts for only 10% of Yanomami food, amongst men it is considered the most prestigious of skills and meat is greatly valued by everyone. No hunter ever eats the meat that he has killed.

This is a major problem, affecting the Yanomami tribe and other indigenous people that rely on forests to survive. The Yanomami use primitive techniques for hunting. Poisonous arrows help them hunt forest animals, and their diet consists of small farming, fruits, crops, plants, and insects.

What do Amazon tribes eat?

• Fish: Fresh water dolphin, sting ray, catfish, piranha, eel, freshwater crab, mussels and various other small types of freshwater fish.
• Fruit:
• Grain:
• Vegetables:
• Meat:
• Flavourings and other foods.

The Amazonian diet – high carb, low fat – and an active lifestyle lead to several health benefits. For example, the Tsimané, an indigenous group in the Bolivian Amazon, were recently found to have the healthiest hearts on the planet (Kaplan et al., 2017). The Tsimané rely on hunting, gathering and subsistence farming.

Yes, there is a lot of water in the Amazon River basin, but it’s no longer safe to drink. The filter and bucket system is placed in individual homes and can provide daily clean water with minimum effort or use of resources, like burning wood to boil water, for instance.

The Amazon river carries a lot of sediment (particles of mud and sand), which gives the water a muddy-brown color. Its largest tributary (branch), the Rio Negro, or black river, is filled with chemicals washed out of soil and plants, making the water very dark.

So far the Siona and other indigenous communities have installed 1,164 water systems in more than 70 villages, as part of the San Francisco-based NGO Amazon Frontlines’ Clearwater project. Rain-harvested water is cleaner than local surface water, according to the project’s research.

Coming a close second after the Nile as the world’s longest river, the Amazon River sets the record in terms of the sheer volume of water that it carries – a mind-boggling average discharge of 219,000 m3/sec of water.

Sickness. Tourists are especially prone to sickness while traveling in the Amazon rainforest. According to Goparoo Travel Guide, the biggest threat comes from mosquitoes carrying malaria and yellow fever. These are both serious illnesses, so get the appropriate vaccinations before you go to the Amazon.

The Amazon is one of Earth’s last refuges for jaguars, harpy eagles, and pink river dolphins, and it is home to sloths, black spider monkeys, and poison dart frogs. It contains one in 10 known species on Earth, 40,000 plant species, 3,000 freshwater fish species, and more than 370 types of reptiles.

Atlantic Ocean

“Amazon” wasn’t the company’s original name. (Bezos also favored the name “Relentless.” If you visit Relentless.com today, it navigates to Amazon.) He finally chose “Amazon” because he liked that the company would be named after the largest river in the world, hence the company’s original logo.

WORLD

• Nile: 4,132 miles.
• Amazon: 4,000 miles.
• Yangtze: 3,915 miles.

Mantaro River

But the real reason for the lack of bridges is simply this: the Amazon Basin has very few roads for bridges to connect. The dense rainforest is sparsely populated outside of a few large cities, and the river itself is the main highway for those traveling through the region.

15 Facts About the Amazon River That’ll Blow Your Mind

• The Amazon River originates in Peru.
• The Amazon River System meanders through nine South America countries.
• A Slovenian athlete once swam almost the entire length of the Amazon River, in 66 days.
• The Amazon River provides 20% of the ocean’s fresh-water supply.

Francisco de Orellana

The tides of the Atlantic generate a wave that reaches into the Amazon river. The bore is the reason the Amazon does not have a delta. The ocean rapidly carries away the large amount of silt brought by the Amazon. This makes it impossible for a delta to grow past the shoreline.