| Even a fearsome spectacled caiman is unable to escape an anaconda's fatal embrace. |
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| On the few patches of dry ground, tropical rattlesnakes lie low, and in shallow pools, spectacled caiman doze just beneath the surface. |
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| It was not until we started working with local fishermen who knew their way into some of the most inaccessible lakes that we hit the mother lode of black caiman nesting sites. |
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| In his hands, exotic skins such as alligator, caiman, ostrich and lizard were fashioned into objects of refinement. |
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| The banks are generally inhabited by medium and small size fish, as well as the endangered caiman. |
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| In fact, there are 23 species of alligators, crocodiles, and their kin, the caiman and gharials, and they are collectively all known as crocodilians. |
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| In the wider region, the skins trade has had an impact on large cats, the black caiman, the giant river otter and howler monkeys. |
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| The caiman offers a range of option packages, from bristling-with-machine-guns, to monster-truck-field-hospital. |
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| The spectacled caiman, which originates from South and Central America, has a boney ridge around its eyes which makes it look as if it is wearing glasses. |
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| Also famous are the large wild animals like the giant anaconda, jaguar, caiman, river dolphin or the giant otter. |
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| Evening excursion by open boat along the Sucusari Stream in search of caiman and to enjoy the night sounds and stars of the Southern sky. |
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| On the way you'll hear pumas, eat fish from the river, and watch caiman and giant storks. |
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| In the case of alligator and caiman, the delicate, traditional process of stamping subtly embosses the scales, the heat causing them to swell, after which they are buffed with a soft cloth. |
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| A black vulture would never attack a caiman but on finding a dead one happily tuck in. |
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| From there it's on to the Amazon Rainforest, on the border with Peru and Brazil, and a camp sited on a tree-top platform from which you can kayak to see caiman, monkeys and sloth. |
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| Animals considered of special value to tourism include: the large cats, the harpy eagle, the arapaima, black caiman, giant river otter, the red howler monkey, the black spider monkey and other primates. |
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| We pull over on the rickety planks to watch capybara and marsh deer nibbling the greenery and countless yacaré caiman – the local crocodiles – cruising the waterways. |
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| Expansion of the site also enhance the protection of key threatened species including giant arapaima fish, the Amazonian manatee, the black caiman, and two species of river dolphin. |
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| One day a foreigner who happened to be a Bozo killed a caiman. |
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| Packed full of exotic animals, fish, snakes, toucans, caiman crocodiles and even several species of monkey including marmosets and bush babies. |
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| Caiman belong to the group known as crocodilians, which also includes alligators and crocodiles. |
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| Ours is the Caiman model, a 6x6 behemoth that weighs in at over 15 tons and makes Humvees shrivel up with feelings of inadequacy. |
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| Crocodilian breeders have noted problems with the morbidity and mortality rate of neonatal Yacare Caiman and Morelet's Crocodiles. |
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| If you want to play golf on the course, keep an eye out for the Caiman roads of the island, I learned a little something of Tobagonian culture. |
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| Apart from Humboldt Penguins and Caiman Crocodiles, the animals featured here include Piranhas, Giant Spider Crabs, Water Rats, Giant Catfish, Clown fish and Dart Frogs. |
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| Dana the squirrel monkey and Uncle the Caiman came from pet shops. |
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