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giant otter - Pteronura brasiliensis

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giant otter - Pteronura brasiliensis

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02-22-2021, 09:22 PM

(02-22-2021, 06:18 PM)Balam Wrote:
(02-22-2021, 02:59 PM)Styx38 Wrote: Caiman seem pretty easy to kill by various animals.

Might be because they are fish eaters, compared to the macropredatory lifestyle of Crocodiles and Alligators.

Still, the Otter killing this Crocodilian is quite an impressive feat.


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http://alautreboutduboutdumonde.uniterre...e%29+.html

It's rather obvious why you're trying to make caiman seem weak crocodilians compared to other crocodilians. Turns out you're wrong here as well:

After python, it is an otter's turn to kill and eat an alligator
The photographs taken in 2011 show an otter killing and devouring an alligator at the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, Florida


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The vast majority of crocodilians feast of fish, and that includes "macro predatory" (which all crocodilians are) like Nile or Saltwater crocodiles. The famous scenes of Nile crocodiles killing wildebeest and zebra only happen seasonally and are dependant on the ungulate migrations. Caiman from different species will eat whatever they can catch, this is the same case as all other crocodilians, and animals strong enough to kill them will do so if they can, which is the case for all other crocodilians as well.

Well said.
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