Black Caiman

[Dark Jaguar]

Captures, Sizes and Measurements.

FEMALES

40 kg female.

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13.5 cm on skull measurement.

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40 kg.

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This female lost one of her limbs possibly attack of another Black caiman or Piranhas.

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Researchers will cut pieces of its tail scales as an way of identification in case that caiman is captured again.

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Robinson Botero Arias - Researcher and Biologist of Instituto Mamirauá

''Initially we're monitoring females and collecting infos on whats thesize a female black caiman starts to put eggs, in this specific case here we possibly got the smallest female we've registered on our activities on the field and then we're gonna mark her, with that mark in around 1-2-10 years from now, we'll return to this region and capture the female with that mark we'll know her and how much the grew within that period of time and if she is still a breeding female in the region.''

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55.6 kg and 2.55 meters long female.

Capture procedure is done in less than 20 minutes in order to reduce the stress of the animal, maximum time for the caiman return to the river.

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Female with 15 cm on Skull.

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Black Caiman Egg.

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