​​​​Lost Paradises - South America and Caribbean

BRAZIL - Pantanal - Caimans

The Jacaré caiman (portuguese name) is a species of caiman found in central South America. Approximately 12 million individual Jacaré Caiman exist within the Brazilian Pantanal, representing the largest single crocodilian population on the planet.

The Pantanal’s abundant aquatic environments provide conditions for profusion of aquatic fauna, formed by enormous concentrations of snails, crustaceans, amphibians animals and fish.

These in turn attract progressively larger predators, such as birds, reptiles and mammals, in a mega-diverse food chain which constitutes the largest concentration of wildlife in the Americas.

You will find caimans everywhere in Pantanal, resting on river banks or in the swamps.