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White Caiman: Anatomy: The Black Caiman Is Up To About 20 Feet (6 M) Long. It Has A Bony

The white caiman is a large reptile that can grow up to 20 feet long. It has bony ridges over its eyes and armored black skin similar to the American alligator. It hunts at night eating fish, birds, turtles, reptiles, and mammals using its 64 long, sharp teeth to catch prey which it swallows whole. Females build large nest mounds out of soil and vegetation over 4 feet wide to lay 40 to 60 eggs.

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White Caiman: Anatomy: The Black Caiman Is Up To About 20 Feet (6 M) Long. It Has A Bony

The white caiman is a large reptile that can grow up to 20 feet long. It has bony ridges over its eyes and armored black skin similar to the American alligator. It hunts at night eating fish, birds, turtles, reptiles, and mammals using its 64 long, sharp teeth to catch prey which it swallows whole. Females build large nest mounds out of soil and vegetation over 4 feet wide to lay 40 to 60 eggs.

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Anatomy: The Black Caiman is up to about 20 feet (6 m) long. It has a bony ri ge o!er the eyes" an black armore skin. It is !ery similar to the #merican alligator. Diet and Teeth: Caimans hunt at night$ they eat fish (inclu ing piranhas an catfish)" bir s" turtles" reptiles" an mammals. They ha!e about %& long" sharp" conical teeth" 'hich are use for catching prey (but they o not tear it apart ( they s'allo' their prey 'hole). Reproduction: )emales buil a huge soil(an (!egetation moun nest (& feet * +.& m across) an lay &0 to 60 eggs in each clutch.

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