Black Caiman

[Dark Jaguar]

PREDATION CASE

Report of an Orphan Tapir rescued as a cub after its mother got predated by a Black Caiman.

Amazon

Year: 2001

Back in 2001 it aired on Globo Reporter here in Brazil an edition about the Amazon titled as ''The Last Frontiers of the Amazon'' with the mentioning of a Black Caiman predation on an adult female Tapir told by the people who rescued its cub, the orphan baby Tapir that was found in a lagoon.

Geovan Neves who is one of the people who took care of the orphan tapir summed up about the case at 22:08 min of the video link bellow as they also talk about the already grown up Orphan's lifestyle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUqlP3dCQ2w

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Reporter - ''The (orphan) tapir was found 4 years ago in a lagoon when it was still a baby, it was abandoned cause it lost its mother.''

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Geovan Neves - ''The caiman preyed on its mother.''

Reporter - ''Was it a Black Caiman?''

Geovan Neves - ''Yes, it was a Black Caiman of around 4 meters long that have taken its mother, Then they brought it (tapir cub) to the inn here. We took care of it feeding it with bread, milk, banana...''

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''Despite docile the orphan Tapir still got wild habits, it spends all day in the forest it only comes to the inn at night to eat and to receive caress before returning to the wild.''

Geovan Neves - ''Ever since he was little he lost fear of humans and have been taken care of by us.''

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''Well fed and fed up with the caress. the animal go for a bath and enjoy the full moon, it was at this exact same river 4 years ago that the Black Caiman attacked and left him orphan, but he doesn't seem to care about danger, after the bath he returns back to the forest to meet his partner and continue the fight for the survival in the wilderness.''

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Orphan Tapir walking away by foot into the dense Amazon forest.

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