I spotted this nice fellow under a bridge crossing a small rivulet near the hotel.
As this was the mouth of the small river, and the water presumably quite brackish, I guess that this was a crocodile rather than a caiman, but I’m by no means sure.
Maybe someone more knowledgeable can enlighten me?
Actually, the way this animal looked was quite “cute”, and neither of us seemed to be scared although we were only a few meters away from each other…
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April 7th, 2008 at 7:27 am
I love these animals.. And I agree, this one is cute!
July 17th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
It is a caiman - the way to tell the difference is that crocs’ snouts are not as pointy at the ends like a caiman and caiman also have little pointy tips on top of their eye lids (like this one does).
July 28th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Thans for the clarification!
Laurenz
March 12th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
this Caiman is awesome!
August 19th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
yeah it’s a caiman the crocs are also bigger in shapes not so well joint.You were lucky cuz you were quiet close to him and he didn’t react.