Mar 022010
Today’s photo fact is about the Caiman, a member of the Alligator family, common throughout Central and South America.
These guys are almost certainly young Yacare Caiman, and are widespread throughout the wetlands of Southern Brazil and Nothern Argentina, with over 10 million estimated to exist there. They will grow up on a diet of fish, with a preference for Piranha and possibly a Capybara or two (The largest rodent in the world) when they are older.
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