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