Caiman is a small and medium-sized crocodile. They are related to alligators. They are an amphibian carnivore, but their muscles for opening their mouths are not developed. An adult man can easily make them unable to open their mouths. Opening your mouth is also one of the skills hunters use to catch them. Today, let me introduce you to caiman!

III. Living habits

The food of caiman varies with age, season and habitat. Juvenile and adult caiman mainly feed on invertebrates, of which coleopteran insects are their main food, and they also eat snails, shrimp, and crabs. Their predation strategies include staying still, attacking passing animals, and sometimes using their bodies and tails to drive fish to shallow waters or drive fish to narrow shores in open water to prey.

IV. Habitat

Caiman usually inhabit a wide range of water habitats, from sea level to 500 meters above sea level, individual caiman can reach Water habitat at 800 meters above sea level. They can be found in a variety of waters in the isotherm range of 24 to 27°C, even in saltwater harbours.

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