De Roy, Tui,

Night of the Caimans. Tui De Roy. - National Wildlife, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 24, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Night of the Caimans, Feb./March 2003; pp. 34J-34O.

"Six of the world's 21 species of Crocodilians are found in South America. The Paraguayan, or common, caiman is a smaller relative of the American alligator, reaching a length of ten feet at most. It is the widest ranging of the South American species; today [2003], hundreds of thousands of the animals are found in the Pantanal." (NATIONAL WILDLIFE) This article describes life at a caiman hole in the Pantanal region of Brazil and explains how landowners 15 years ago saved the caimans from poachers.

1522-3264;


Animals--Food
Caimans
Poaching
Reptiles--Behavior
Social behavior in animals
Wildlife conservation--South America


Pantanal (Brazil)

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