At least it wasn’t this monster:
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Casual Geographic discussed this bird, because of course he did! 
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Has anyone come up with an explanation for this that isn’t a joke?
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Silly, there are no monsters in nature. They all live in DC and Wall Street.
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Pirarucu…
[Arapaima gigas - Wikipedia]
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I thought they were all getting snipped? Is that not working out?
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Other vídeos say they were peixes-boi, the Brazilian cousin of Flórida Manatee. It probably shouldn’t be a fish like the Jaú or Pirarucus, as the largest specimens of these animals prefer calmer waters, without currents. I think…
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I am not sure. I have read conflicting reports about these animals. I didn’t know there were so many individuals there in Colombia.
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Apparently the whole herd of manatees display the startled reaction when only one of them gets spooked. Looks like some crazy synchronized swimming.
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I like the way that it seems quite calm until it actually runs up against the kayak. Then it’s like:
“Something brushed my leg/tail/fin/tentacle!!! Arrrgh! Aaaargh! GET IT OFF ME!!!”
Even monsters have a startle reflex, it seems.
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Crazy! I never thought of manatees going berserk. To tell the truth, I never thought of manatees. It would be terrifying suddenly to have the river explode around you.
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OK, so I showed the video to a Brazilian guy in the office down the hall, and he said without hesitation “monstro.”
So, mystery solved, it’s some creature called a monstro.
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