Animal Strength Feats

[Balam]

This footage of Maxime making a kill has to be shared here. According to literature spectacle caiman are able to reach 80 kg in weight, a size that their close relatives yacares have been known to reach and likely surpass according to guides in the Pantanal. The caiman in this video was larger than Maxime, who was IMO an above average male of probably around 120 kg, which means that this caiman was likely in that 80 kg size class, or even higher.

For him to drag the massive reptile uphill on an almost completely vertical and steep riverbank with slippery mud and branches blocking his way is an astonishing display of strength:

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