Some rivers around the world are even more dangerous than the Amazon! First, there’s the Congo River in Africa, with its terrifyingly deep waters and strong currents that could sweep away even large boats. Then there’s the Nile River, which might seem calm in parts but has deadly crocodiles and hippos ready to defend their territory. The Mississippi River in the United States can look peaceful, but it has strong currents, hidden whirlpools, and frequent floods that make it hazardous. Over in Asia, the Yangtze River is another risky river with sudden floods and currents that have taken countless lives. And finally, the Mekong River, stretching through multiple countries, is filled with underwater hazards and giant catfish that could rival anything in a scary river story! #brightside Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Listen to Bright Side on: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/idhttps-podcasts-apple-com-podcast-bright-side/id1554898078 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brightside/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official/ Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Snapchat - https://www.snapchat.com/p/c6a1e38a-bff1-4a40-9731-2c8234ccb19f/1866144599336960 Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me
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00:00Of course, you know that the Amazon River is famous for its piranhas, bull sharks, and
00:08other creatures you don't want to meet.
00:10But there are even more dangerous rivers in the world.
00:14The deepest of them, the Congo, goes so far down in some sections that even light can't
00:19reach there.
00:20It's the only major river that crosses the equator twice and carries enough water to
00:25fill more than 13 Olympic-sized swimming pools into the Atlantic Ocean every second.
00:31Wow.
00:32Even the most experienced boaters have trouble passing through all of the river's strong
00:36currents, rapids in its upper part, and waterfalls and gorges in the lower section.
00:41The Congo currents are so fast and powerful that they even divide animals like mountains
00:46and oceans do.
00:48There are new species of fish evolving separately on the two banks as they can't reach the
00:52other side and breed with each other.
00:55One of the most dangerous types of fish living here is the Goliath tigerfish.
01:00These monsters that grow up to 5 feet and travel at the speed of 25 mph are relatives
01:06of piranhas.
01:07Their mouths are full of vicious, razor-sharp teeth.
01:11Their females lay hundreds of thousands of eggs, and the offspring are predators from
01:15birth.
01:16You have a good reason to fear the Goliath tigerfish as they're the only freshwater
01:21fish in Africa that have attacked crocodiles and even humans.
01:25Okay, not swimming there.
01:29There are dense jungles and more hungry wildlife, including snakes and some aggressive hippos,
01:34all along the river.
01:35Still, it's used as a water highway in Central Africa, so barges traveling on it for weeks
01:41are often crowded with up to 2,000 people, and capsize every now and then.
01:47Even if you believe the local folklore, there's one more thing to be afraid of – the one
01:52who stops the flow of the rivers.
01:54A dinosaur-like beast that is said to live in the Congo River basin.
01:59There have been over a hundred sightings over the last century, but no one can provide solid
02:04evidence the beast is real.
02:08At the turn of the 21st century, there was a series of terrible, mysterious stories on
02:13the Kali River in Asia.
02:15Often described as a mud-colored water pig would drag swimmers underwater in front of
02:20terrified eyewitnesses, British biologist Jeremy Wade stepped up to crack the case.
02:27He noticed that all the scary incidents were happening in one specific spot, stretching
02:32about 4 miles.
02:33Villagers told him this creature was growing big and bad from all the food it got.
02:38Wade examined the water with a depth sounder and thought it could've been a whirlpool.
02:44Then the monster dragged a domestic water buffalo into the water.
02:48The buffaloes are big and heavy, so the creature that attacked it would have to be super strong.
02:53Saltwater crocodiles don't go so far inland, and the most common local species of crocodiles
02:59don't live in cold waters.
03:01There were no bull sharks in the area either.
03:03Finally, Wade spotted several goonch catfish underwater.
03:08Some of them were human-sized.
03:10They couldn't capture these monsters with a regular fishing rod, but a special ceremonial
03:14construction did the job.
03:16The largest fish was 6 feet 7 inches long and 3 times the weight of an average goonch.
03:22It was large enough to take down a human or a large animal, but Wade mentioned there could
03:27be even bigger ones living in the Kali River.
03:32The Orinoco River in South America is dangerous to navigate because of some crazy curves and
03:38strong underwater currents.
03:40It's easy to get lost here, even if you have your GPS on.
03:44There are sudden waterfalls all along, and you must be prepared to handle those to survive.
03:50The river is the only home to a rare Orinoco crocodile, and has some pretty scary-looking
03:55vampire fish swimming around.
03:58This payara fish has sharp, spiky daggers that line their gums and two elongated fangs
04:04that rise from their lower jaws.
04:06Hmm, could probably use an orthodontist and some braces, you think?
04:09It's a ferocious hunter constantly looking for the next victim, which is going to be
04:13a medium or large-sized fish.
04:16If a human catches a payara, it will defend itself, leaving cuts, nips, and bites.
04:22But there are no known cases of this cutie taking a human life.
04:26Well, that's good.
04:29The Yellow River in China received its name after its color, but it wasn't always this
04:34yellow.
04:36The Yellow River was first formed at least 30 million years ago and shifted its course
04:39over 30 times over the centuries.
04:42Yellow sediments moving downstream from a plateau in the distance transformed it from
04:47clear to muddy.
04:49This fine-grained substance piled up at the bottom of the river and formed natural dams.
04:54The huge amounts of water that the river carries need to find their way to the sea.
05:00And that's when major floods happened, taking several million lives and various epics.
05:06The locals tried to solve the problem by building higher and higher levees, but it only made
05:10things worse.
05:12Water coming out of the river would now have nowhere to back up as the riverbed was higher
05:17than the surrounding land.
05:19This even shifted the river's mouth.
05:21Now there are massive dams and dikes all along the river to try to contain it.
05:28The Parana River is the second longest in Latin America and has many tributaries.
05:33They flow in from the highlands near the Andes, and there's a huge drainage in the
05:37wet season.
05:39This makes the river a perfect home for, guess what, piranhas.
05:43There are 30 to 60 species of these scary fish in the Piranha waters.
05:48In late 2013, they attacked bathers cooling off by the water on a hot day.
05:53People started running out of the river as they felt something was biting them in the
05:57water.
05:58Luckily, no one lost their lives in the accident, but it's still considered one of the most
06:03audacious piranha attacks ever recorded.
06:06Biologists later determined that the type of piranhas, called Palomates, was to blame
06:11for this, and humans had probably disturbed their breeding grounds.
06:15Wow.
06:16The piranha also has a strong current that is tricky for boats and swimmers to overcome.
06:21Plus, it often floods, which can be dangerous for people living in the surrounding areas.
06:28The longest river in the world, the Nile, flows through 11 countries all the way into
06:33the Mediterranean Sea.
06:35Expeditions have spent centuries looking for its source, and no one still knows for sure
06:40where this mighty river begins.
06:43Adding to the mystery, the Nile takes an unexpected turn right in the middle of the Sahara.
06:49Scientists have figured out the reason is a massive underground rock formation from
06:53millions of years ago.
06:55The Nile has served as the most important water highway for civilizations through centuries,
07:00but it has some pretty dangerous inhabitants, like crocodiles that grow to be 20 feet long,
07:06which is slightly more than the height of an average giraffe.
07:09These bad guys can reach a speed of 30 mph on land and take the lives of a couple hundred
07:15people every year.
07:16Hippopotamuses that also live here sometimes go after boats, and venomous snakes like the
07:22black mamba and the Egyptian cobra add to the mix.
07:26One of the most dangerous creatures on the Nile is the mosquito, as they carry around
07:31all sorts of diseases that affect hundreds of thousands of people.
07:37The Brahmaputra River in Asia carries waters from the mighty Himalayas.
07:42When the snows in the mountains melt, the river floods massively, causing landslides,
07:47displacing millions of people, and taking the lives of hundreds of animals in the nearby
07:52national parks.
07:54Such floods are also common during the monsoon season in India, from June to October, with
07:59heavy rains.
08:01The course of the Brahmaputra River has changed incredibly over the past two and a half centuries.
08:07Erosion is another danger it's hiding.
08:09The banks of the river are mostly made of weak, cohesive sand and silt, and even though
08:14the erosion rate has gone down, it is still the reason a lot of people lose their land
08:19and get displaced.
08:21The Brahmaputra is one of the few rivers in the world that has a tidal bore.
08:25That's a strong tidal wave that pushes up the river against the current where a river
08:30empties into an ocean or sea.
08:33And there you have it.
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