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Here are a few picture I took while in Peru a few years ago(I think I actually posted here when I got back to confirm a caiman species). I was in a very remote area that was virtually never accessed by humans and had very high populations of black caiman. Some nights I would go out in a dugout canoe and catch black caiman and other nights I would walk streams and flooded rainforest to catch spectacled caiman. What was very interesting is that you don't find large spectacled caiman in the streams or flooded forest, but you do find large numbers of smaller ones. Large spectacled caimans are commonly seen in the rivers. Black caiman prefer living in the oxbow lakes, and you generally don't find them of any size in the streams or rivers. Anyway, I thought you guys would appreciate these photos! By the way, the "roar" of a full grown black caiman is one of the loudest, most frightening things you will ever hear.

oops didn't attach them all

How Fun!!!
None of those Black Caiman followed you home did they?LOL
D.C.

Haha no, but a large male would come very close to my tent at night (I was about 15 feet from the lake edge) and do his "roar". Maybe he just wanted to cuddle?

nice looking caimans! im not all that into crocodilians, but i do enjoy a good picture or two

Then why do you call yourself Crocman?

it was the first thing that came to mind when i first logged on to kingsnake. plus it was my user name for other reptile related sites, so its easier for friends to recongnize me.

So you using crocman is kinda like the husky giant football player calling himself tiny?

i guess you could say that. im more of a retic fan.