Have you heard of a caiman?

A Caiman is a reptile that we learned about in class. It  lives in Brazil. A Caiman is a smaller type of crocodile. It is related to alligators but alligators only live in China and the United States.

The caiman is a large aquatic reptile found in the swamps and tropical rivers that cover Central and South America. Although the caimans have much narrower bodies, they are most closely related to alligators and crocodiles.

Caimans are found in a variety of habitats throughout Central and South America from marshes and swamps to mangrove rivers and lakes. As with other reptiles, caimans have scaly skin and live a fairly nocturnal existence.

Caimans range in size from the dwarf caiman which measures just over a meter in length, to the black caiman which can to grow to be nearly 5 meters long. The black caiman is the largest caiman species in the world and is found in the slow-moving rivers and lakes that surround the Amazon basin.

Look what Teresa brought in to class. It came from Australia. The children loved seeing the crocodile skull.