"...A work of fiction based on actual expeditions and accepted ideas about the Amazon and its inhabitants"--Authors' note.
Summary:
"The Amazon Rainforest is in trouble. Can discovering a new species help to save it? The team: Famed explorer Fabien Cousteau, his research experts, and two junior explorers. The destination: Iquitos, Peru, where the great Amazon River runs into the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, a place teeming with wildlife of all kinds. The mission: To investigate sightings of a new species of piranha and assess if it poses any danger to nearby people. Embark on an exciting riverboat journey into the Amazon and encounter dolphins, jaguars, sloths, fogs, snakes, colorful birds, deadly predators, and many more as we discover how we can protect this endangered land from outside forces."-- cover page 4.
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