One should look into the #Basis #Trade structure in the #Caimans collapsing. Looks like the #US is poison (leveraged past 100). We are about to get Trummmmmmmped. (fuuuuuuuuucked)

Ancient ‘terror birds’ may have been no match for hungry giant caimans A 13-million-year-old leg bone from an enormous flightless bird carries crocodilian tooth marks, showing South America was once a predator-eat-predator world

Ancient ‘terror birds’ may have been no match for hungry giant caimans #Science #Biology #Paleontology #TerrorBirds #Caimans

A Close-up Look at Caimans

#caimans #nature #wildlife
youtu.be/h9dhDFSJSUY

#Crocodilians

#Crocodiles are larger, with long, powerful jaws and an aggressive nature🐊.
#Alligators are smaller, with broad, U-shaped snouts and a more docile temperament🐊.
#Caimans are smaller, with narrow snouts and varied habitats🌿.
#Gavials have very thin, elongated snouts for catching fish🐊.

Down the #Sirpe #river in #CostaRica on #kayak. There's some #wonderful #tours where you can see the #wildlife. You can see #Macaws, #Caimans and other #animals as you go down the river.

This egret looks to have landed in the animal equivalent of a minefield. It was spotted wondering near caimans in the Pantanal in Brazil.

📸 Peter Batty

#caimans #egret #pantanal #brazil

Broad-snouted caimans have gotta be the doofiest looking crocodilians we know of. Just look at these guys, they look like scaly dogs with an oxygen allergy.

#animals #caiman #caimans

I remember doing some night birding one evening and we walked by a pond full of glowing eyes. Spectacled Caimans are so cool. #costarica #reptiles #spectacledcaiman #awesome #cool #caimans #nature #wildlife #photography