Looking for Fresh Water Large Animal Encounters
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Man O'tea?
PatW
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Crystal River Fl is famous for manatee diving. It is hard to get bigger than a manatee. You could also try gators. They used to have one in Alexander Springs but they took her out.
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From a little Googling...
Big Fish Encounters has trips to dive with American crocodiles.
Men's Journal has an article on diving with Nile Crocodiles, with Big Animals Expeditions.
I'd look at options for scuba diving freshwater rivers in Brazil. While the Amazon is a muddy river, not all water bodies down there are. I don't know what you might find in more clear areas, but at least some of the aquatic life overall includes different species of Amazon river turtle (including the yellow spotted), mata mata turtles, caiman (different species), anacondas, capybara, a kind of pink dolphin, arapaima, pirapitinga, red-tail catfish and more. Again, I don't know how many occur in water with good viz., and how many dive charters will take you to see, but might be worth researching...if a black caiman or piranha doesn't get you. And read up on the Candiru (vampire catfish) - while people debate the degree of threat, I for one would want to be wearing shorts that thing couldn't get into. Just say'in...
There is the question of what you consider 'big' and what is 'interesting?'
Richard.
Big Fish Encounters has trips to dive with American crocodiles.
Men's Journal has an article on diving with Nile Crocodiles, with Big Animals Expeditions.
I'd look at options for scuba diving freshwater rivers in Brazil. While the Amazon is a muddy river, not all water bodies down there are. I don't know what you might find in more clear areas, but at least some of the aquatic life overall includes different species of Amazon river turtle (including the yellow spotted), mata mata turtles, caiman (different species), anacondas, capybara, a kind of pink dolphin, arapaima, pirapitinga, red-tail catfish and more. Again, I don't know how many occur in water with good viz., and how many dive charters will take you to see, but might be worth researching...if a black caiman or piranha doesn't get you. And read up on the Candiru (vampire catfish) - while people debate the degree of threat, I for one would want to be wearing shorts that thing couldn't get into. Just say'in...
There is the question of what you consider 'big' and what is 'interesting?'
Richard.
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