Fauna
The iron hydroxide stained brown waters of Mazaruni are home to many fish. The most abundant are the large and dangerous black electric eels (numfish), piry (relative of piranha cutleback), haimara, and baiara. However, the most famous fish is lau-lau, with specimens weighing up to 200 kg. Lau-lau lives in deep pools of Mazaruni River hunting in the night. Mazaruni River waters are also home to a largest water snake, anaconda, locally known as water kamudi. Large herds of wild pigs, peccaries, sometimes as large as a few hundred, live on swampy flat of Mazaruni River. They are very dangerous since they are known to attack humans. The only escape is up the large tree. Pumas and the much smaller ocelot are also found there but rarely seen since they hunt at night. Many monkeys, of which the howling monkey is the noisiest, inhabit tree tops, sharing the space with many types of birds. Pairs of Red, yellow or bleu Macaws, united for life, often can be seen to fly by.
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