Brilkaaiman

"When the eggs hatch, the mother caiman carries the little caymans in her mouth to the water."

Brilkaaiman

  • Caiman crocodilus

    Scientific name

  • Meren, rivieren en moerassen

    Habitat

  • Vlees

    Food

  • 30 - 40 jaar

    Lifetime

  • 30 - 50 kg

    Weight

  • 10 - 30 eieren

    Number of eggs

  • 2 - 3,5 maanden

    Breeding time

  • Veilig

    IUCN Status

  • Nee

    EEP

Wist je dat?

  • 30

    This is how many eggs the spectacled caiman can lay at a time

  • 105

    days it can take the eggs to hatch

  • 3

    meters, is the average height of a spectacled caiman

Egg robbery

The female spectacled caiman covers her eggs with a pile of leaves. She guards her nest well against predators. The temperature of the nest determines whether more males or more females hatch. At an average temperature of 30 degrees, the young become mostly females. If the temperature in the nest is 34 degrees, they become mostly males.

Eating what the pot calls for

Spectacled caimans are true carnivores. That means they eat only meat. They are not picky. A caiman eats more than a hundred different types of prey! When they have caught something, they eat it with skin, bones and all.

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