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Come closer if you dare! Taken at night with a zoom! We were in a canoe on a lagoon, when I spotted a large red eye watching us...........as soon as we had taken some pictures we headed back to land. 2004,Black caiman,Ecuador,Ecuadorian Amazon,Fall,Geotagged,Melanosuchus niger Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Come closer if you dare!

Taken at night with a zoom! We were in a canoe on a lagoon, when I spotted a large red eye watching us...........as soon as we had taken some pictures we headed back to land.

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The Black caiman

The black caiman is a crocodilian. It is a carnivorous reptile that lives along slow-moving rivers and lakes, in the seasonally flooded savannas of the Amazon basin, and in other freshwater habitats in South America. Once common, it was hunted to near extinction primarily for its commercially valuable hide. It is now listed as Conservation Dependent.

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Similar species: Crocodilia
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Uploaded Jul 22, 2016. Captured Apr 23, 2009 18:33 in Orellana, Ecuador.
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  • KODAK Z812 IS ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
  • f/3.6
  • 1/51s
  • ISO288
  • 35.7mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.

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