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Caiman yacare
medium-small sized crocodilian, most adult individuals grow to roughly 2 or 2.5 meters in length
pantanal, seasonally flooded grasslands and forest
spotted this caiman near our camp in the pantanal near Campo Grande. it was fairly comfortable being very close to humans. approximately 10 million individual Yacare Caiman exist within the Brazilian Pantanal, representing what is quite possibly the largest single crocodilian population on Earth.
Spotted on Jan 24, 2011
Submitted on Apr 24, 2011
6 Comments
Showing a bit of backbone...I wonder if it was healthy.
Thanks Daniele and macua!
Brave? In a way I guess, most people wouldn't go this close to a caiman, but this one was more interested in a guy fishing just out of the photo and the lure of a free meal. I wasn't worried about him trying to nibble on me!
Love the eye and the "smile" on the first pic!
Brave, Dan! I don't trust animals!
I added more photos to this spotting, so you can see how close I was.