{"product_id":"journey-of-the-pink-dolphins-an-amazon-quest-9781603580601","title":"Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the acclaimed author of The Soul of an Octopus and the bestselling memoir The Good Good Pig.  When Sy Montgomery ventured into the Amazon to unlock the mysteries of the littleknown pink dolphins  she found ancient whales that plied the Amazon River at dawn and dusk  swam through treetops in flooded forests  and performed underwater ballets with their flexible bodies. But she soon found out that to know the botos  as the dolphins are locally called  you must also know the people who live among them.  And so in Journey of the Pink Dolphins  Montgomerypart naturalist  part poet  part Indiana Joneswinds her way through watery tributaries and riverside villages  searching for botos and hearing the tales of locals who believe these ethereal dolphins are shape-shifterscreatures that emerge from the water as splendidly dressed men or women only to enchant their human onlookers  capture their souls  and then carry them away to the Encante  an underwater world. Montgomery takes readers on four separate journeys  exploring the river-dwelling dolphins natural history  chronicling their conservation pressures  unraveling their prehistoric roots  and visiting with shamans who delve into the Encante.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648260857909,"sku":"ByrdShop_1603580603","price":49.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781603580601.jpg?v=1781714371","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/journey-of-the-pink-dolphins-an-amazon-quest-9781603580601","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}