Black Caiman - Printable Version

Black Caiman - Printable Version

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RE: Black Caiman - ruimendes1 - 01-12-2025

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Quote:New video of Alcino, the largest Black Caiman in captivity said to be 4.5 m long but missing a large part of its tail, thought it could be around 5 meters long?

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1W1cFeKEez/?spm_id_from=333.1387.upload.video_card.click

RE: Black Caiman - TheHyenid76 - 01-14-2025

(01-12-2025, 08:47 PM)ruimendes1 Wrote:

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Quote:New video of Alcino, the largest Black Caiman in captivity said to be 4.5 m long but missing a large part of its tail, thought it could be around 5 meters long?

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1W1cFeKEez/?spm_id_from=333.1387.upload.video_card.click

A 5-meter black caiman IMO seems to be a stretch but not impossible. This is a good informational video on black caimans and showing quite a few large specimens

RE: Black Caiman - ruimendes1 - 01-19-2025

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Quote:Black Caiman specimen over 4 m caugth in Luzimangue lake, Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil, 24 July 2022

RE: Black Caiman - ruimendes1 - 02-06-2025

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Quote:Huge specimen dead in the river

Quote:uge specimen dead in river

RE: Black Caiman - ruimendes1 - 03-12-2025

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[color=oklab(0.89908 -0.00192907 -0.0048306)]Size record for the Black Caiman? [/color]

[color=oklab(0.89908 -0.00192907 -0.0048306)]A male specimen in captivity was measured at 4.53 meters long and weighed 287.7 kg by veterinarian Dr. Rodrigo Rabello at the Brasilia Zoo in the Federal District of Brazil in 2005. However, this specimen died a few years ago.[/color]