giant otter - Pteronura brasiliensis

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I've already told this story before but I saw a Caiman swim right up to 3 Otters with a Kill and there was a big splash underwater and the Otters scattered while the Caiman fed on their fish kill. One of the Otters also had a nice wound on it as well. Also, you won't see Otters killing full grown Caiman, youngsters for sure but Big Caiman seem to be immune to Otters or at least they're not worth the Risk. 


A poster at Carnivora named Ghostoftsavo said this

"It seems Yacare Caimans and also the spectacled caiman are highly underrated here. Just because the Yacare caimans are not scared of humans does not mean they are timid. Yacare Caiman is one of my favorite species and they are a lot of fun to be around. I spent some time for work in the Pantanal and they are literally everywhere. Fishing becomes a very interesting sport there as you try to reel in your fish before the caimans get to it. I have some nice video footage of this. 

Btw unprovoked predatory attacks by Yacare caimans on humans do happen. There are a few cases where the person lost a limb. Also there is one case where the Yacare caiman jump in the boat and bit the back of a tourist. They are really not that small. Attached some pics of a few nice sized Yacare and Spectacled caiman. 

And man when these guys snap their jaws its like a gun shot. 

I attached a few of my pics."
One of his photos

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here's what he mentioned about the work he does

"Initially I was going to get involved in with a Giant otter project in 2015 but that fell through. Then in 2017 I did get to go but it was for a eco-tourism project. Currently i"m working with a Peccary research project but haven't been able to go back due to Corona. The first time I was in the Pantanal was in 2004. It is honestly one of my top 3 favorite places in this world for wildlife. " Reply