Why are people afraid to swim in the Amazon River? How terrible is this river?

Because the environment of the Amazon River is too dangerous, there are many unknown creatures living around the Amazon River, such as crocodiles, piranhas and electric eels. These animals will threaten human safety. If you rush to swim, you are sure to be attacked. The jungles in South America are as dangerous as the grasslands in Africa. If you want to swim, go somewhere else.

As we all know, many rivers in the world are very long. The longest river is the Nile, and the Yangtze River in China is also very long, but it can only rank third among the rivers in the world, and the second is the Amazon River, with a total length of more than 6,400 kilometers. The Amazon River is also the river with the widest flow and basin area in the world, mainly located near the equator, and most areas of the Amazon River basin belong to the tropical rainforest climate. So it is always hot and rainy, which breeds many tropical species. When the weather is very hot, many people choose to swim in the river, but in the Amazon forest, local residents are close to the Amazon River, but no one dares to swim.

The main reason is that the Amazon River is too dangerous. Although the scenery around the Amazon River is very beautiful, there are many dangerous creatures living nearby. Let's see which animals pose a threat to human beings. The first one is piranha. Everyone will feel creepy when the name piranha is mentioned. The fighting capacity of piranhas is terrible in groups, and piranhas will rush to attack their prey. Sometimes even buffaloes can't escape piranhas, so crocodiles and electric eels are not afraid of piranhas. Where there are piranhas, humans can only swim across the Amazon river by boat, and it is impossible to swim directly.

The second kind is the electric eel just mentioned. The attack power of electric eel is very strong. If a human comes near it, it will immediately generate a current to corona the human. Although it may not electrocute people, it is also unlucky to be electrocuted. Even crocodiles sometimes corona electric eels. Besides crocodiles, crocodiles are also an animal that poses a threat to human beings. The caiman crocodile is also the most common crocodile in the Amazon River. Mainly living in rivers in South America, not only caiman but also jaguar will attack humans. Jaguar is the most powerful cat in South America. It can swim. So, the Amazon River is so dangerous, how can anyone dare to swim here?