The Legend of the Pink Dolphin - Amazonian Folklore - See U in History

[Music] the pink porpoise or the pink Amazon River Dolphin is quite probably one of the most fascinating aquatic animals of the Amazonian fauna porpoises are like freshwater dolphins and live in the basin of the Amazon River yet popular culture claims that the pink dolphin is a creature far more enigmatic and astute than a simple citation according to the stories of the Amazons riverside communities the porpoise is a dangerously seductive creature on feast days known locally as festa junina s' these communities which live along the riverbanks claim that it is common to hear the sound of

river dolphins they observe everything that is happening but pay special attention to the beautiful young woman in the apex of their lives and according to legend on full moon nights the porpoise comes out of the water and turns into a handsome man who was usually dressed in white wearing a hat to hide the breathing hole on the top of his head the man shaped porpoise is extremely chivalrous seducing the young girls who live along the riverbanks his single intention is to seduce the maidens to impregnate them after conquering the girls hearts he leads them to

the river bed and impregnates them after accomplishing his quest the river dolphin returns the girl to the river bank and dies into the water again restoring his true form and then vanishing the girls when is seeing the porpoises disappearance fall into despair for they were left behind with the child in their womb afraid of having their unmarried daughters lured in by the porpoise the mothers forbid the girls from attending the festivities that occurred on a full moon night if someone from outside shows up wearing a hat during the feast the locals feel suspicious and ask

him to take off his hats to prove that he is not a porpoise in these communities whenever a young woman appears pregnant with an unknown father it is normal for them to say that the child is the river dolphins offspring but due to this negative reputation the porpoises endure major retaliation some indigenous communities and people from the Riverside villages end up hunting these animals with the excuse that they are protecting their girls when actually they use their meat to serve as fishing bait this is why the pink river dolphin is in a vulnerable state at

the risk of entering the list of endangered animals you