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11 Fascinating Nile River Plants and Animals
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hippopotamus bamboo banana plant lungfish monitor lizard Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with mouth wide open, displaying sharp teeth, lies on a muddy riverbank in sunlight at Pilanesberg National Park. Nile perch papyrus softshell turtle tigerfish
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hippopotamus
Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the water.
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bamboo
Large bamboo plants, Africa.
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banana plant
Banana plant, with bunches of green bananas above large purple-red bracts that contain...
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lungfish
Marbled lungfish (Protopterus aethiopicus).
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monitor lizard
A Nile monitor lizard (Varanus niloticus) walking in shallow water.
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Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) inhabits a wide swath of eastern...
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Nile perch
Nile perch (Lates niloticus), a large freshwater fish found in Africa, alongside...
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papyrus
Field of papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
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softshell turtle
Softshell turtles (Trionyx triunguis).
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tigerfish
Man holding a specimen of Hydrocynus goliath, the largest species of tigerfish....
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water hyacinth
Water hyacinth clogging a river.
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