Bonito River

River in Brazil.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Water Worlds	PBS	setting	Riverside trees embed seeds in sweet fruit; capuchin monkeys drop some and pirapatunga fish eat the fruit and carry the seeds miles upstream when they migrate to spawn.

Water Worlds — PBS (2022)

Source: Original · Readwise highlight

Here along the Bonito River in Brazil, a variety of trees manage to do exactly that.

• Role: setting
• In the article: Riverside trees embed seeds in sweet fruit; capuchin monkeys drop some and pirapatunga fish eat the fruit and carry the seeds miles upstream when they migrate to spawn.
• Why it matters: Illustrates how plants spread seed upriver.