The humic acid content
\nOf the various leaves that fall
\nInto the RIO NEGRO
\nMake the colouration rule
\nOf, strong dark tea colour
\nA blackwater river thus
\nAnd within this unique river
\nAt least 600 plus<\/p>\n
Fish aome big aome tiny
\nFrom floresta a village scene
\nOf indigenous hunters
\nSailing forth
\nTo hunt the Cardinal Tetra
\nIts iridescent blue
\nA shoal fish from the backwaters
\nThat are popular and do<\/p>\n
Earn a bunch of money
\n2 dollars a thousand they get
\nWhich is really hardly anything
\nThe margin seemingly Set
\nto give little to the locals
\nAnd much to the pet trade
\nWhich is why they are now breeding them
\nAnd the indigenous wild fish fade
\nOut of need and market
\nWhich is to be a shame
\nFor those men employed in this simple life
\nMay log forests Thats the claim<\/p>\n
Its wrong of course to continue
\nTaking tetra’s from the wild
\nBut if its done on a local scale
\nThe effects are pretty mild
\nThey then go off to Barcelos
\nAnd sometimes to Manaus
\nWhere the bigger wholesaler boats dock
\nAnd really that is how<\/p>\n
Its best that wild fish taken
\nContinue at this size
\nShipping them all around the world
\nOfcourse a percentage dies
\nThe indigenous get very little
\nAnd it their boats all day
\nTo find these shoals and capture them
\nFor very little pay<\/p>\n
Now the Aquaria Trade is breeding them
\nAnd the indigenous may find
\nTheir fishing job is over
\nAnd that can blow their mind
\nWillingly they work for next to nothing
\nEveryday
\nTaking their 5 to 10 thousand
\nAnd earning their moderate pay<\/p>\n
But if the West decides to cease
\nThen these men just may feel
\nThe need is then to log the forests
\nThe threat is very real
\nThe work is hard but they may earn more
\nAnd the sustained trade will be
\nRuined by the greed of men
\nWho really wants to see<\/p>\n
A bigger profit coming
\nAnd this will surely be
\nDisastrous for the fishermen
\nWhose way of life will see
\nA massive change and environments
\nWill suffer thats for sure
\nThe triple bottom line is something
\nCorporates ignore<\/p>\n
Another soul tbats sought after
\nIs the Pipa toad
\nAn amazing flat creative beast
\nWith a miraculous code
\nHow it breeds and creates its young
\nAnd again aquaria do
\nLike to get some of these toads
\nFor apparently they screw<\/p>\n
Big prices from the foreigners
\nSo there is money to be made
\nBut its presently done on a tiny scale
\nIts not an awful raid
\nOn the wilderness creatures
\nIts so small scale and we
\nMust hope the indigenous continue
\nTo work sustainably.<\/p>\n
Its a really beautiful river
\nWith a emerald forest around
\nAnd a huge array of creatures
\nThe forests do abound
\nIts a very seasonable river
\nFrom October the depth is low
\nRight through till December
\nWhen the depths begin the grow<\/p>\n
Thats when the glorious butterflies
\nHover overhead
\nabsorbing the mineral salts
\nAnd leave when they are fed
\nTheir colours are amazing
\nA phenomena of scale
\nSeeing them together
\nEvery shade of pale<\/p>\n
The beautiful Boto Dolphin
\nA remarkably vocal beast
\nA life saver for villagers
\nDrowning they at least
\nIf around can offer
\nHelp and certainly
\nHave saved a lot of people
\nIn dire straits
\nApparently<\/p>\n
Macaws and beautiful parrots
\nAnd rodents and monkeys appear
\nTo live in true acceptance
\nOf each other
\nAnd its seems clear
\nNAtural ways of life exist
\nhere
\nIts all as it should be
\nThe river is the mother
\nAnd all feed adequately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The humic acid content Of the various leaves that fall Into the RIO NEGRO Make the colouration rule Of, strong dark tea colour A blackwater river thus And within this unique river At least 600 plus Fish aome big aome … Continue reading