We can be certain that we don't know about every species living on Earth. But in places far away from home, buried deep in the wilderness, there are some species we know about that still take our breath away!
Take the Amazon, for example. The forest and river are home to animals that don't even begin to touch the farthest reaches of our imagination. So when YouTube user Bill from billschannel enlisted the help of a pro fisherman called the "fish finder" to find a prehistoric animal, I knew they were going to encounter one strange fish!
They traveled the Amazon River in search of the Arapaima, one of the biggest and oldest specimens in the river. These scaly "river monsters" can grow up to 8 feet long, and weigh up to 440 lbs. (though, the average is about half that weight). These fish are the descendants of a species estimated to be 250 million years old!
These fish are strange indeed: not only are they massive, but they are also air-breathers, and need to take gulps of air at the surface of the water in order to survive.
Bill and his party scan the river for signs of the prehistoric fish after encountering some obstacles along the way. They finally find signs of life in a quiet lake, and rush to see if they found the giant fish…
Watch the exhilarating clip to witness their encounter with the "epic river monster!"
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