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You've been designing brilliant new contenders for the Astonishing Amazon Animal Showdown – piranhas with jaws that regrow in whole quarters, a hoatzin that ferments its dinner in a throat pouch, a tailless whip scorpion that senses danger through its legs, and a jaguar with one of the most powerful bites of any mammal. Thank you to every reader who did the research and made the case for their champion.
Capuchin monkey
Pink river dolphin – ‘The Amazon’s Einstein’
Poison dart frog – ‘Jewel of the Rainforest’
Scarlett, age 10, Upton
Piranha – ‘Small but Deadly’
Amazon horn frog
Hoatzin bird
Scariest creature in the Amazon
Aquatic coral snake
Comi-chua
Tailless whip scorpion
Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle
Tapir
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