Hot spring baths are meant to be calming and therapeutic. Many people go on vacations to hot springs, including the onsen of Japan.
But if you find yourself in the Amazon rainforest and come across this bubbling body of water, diving into it would be a very bad idea.
As a child, Peruvian geophysicist Andres Ruzo heard tales of the boiling river from his grandfather. It wasn’t until it was much later that he decided to explore and find out if it existed.
The river, which runs through the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, is known to the locals as the Shanay-timpishka, or ‘boiled with the heat of the sun.’ The bubbling waters can reach temperatures of more than double that of hot coffee, and according to Ruzo, small animals and birds that fall into the water are literally boiled alive by it.
So, if you happen to be walking through the Amazon rainforest and see a river of boiling water in front of you, you should probably stay away from it, even if you are tempted to boil an egg in that water.
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