Black Caiman Skull Replica. Alligatorinae, Melanosuchus niger; Lake and river areas of the Amazon basin and coastal rivers of NE South America 592mm/23.3 in.

The black caiman can grow to 20 feet long (6 meters),[1] and 1 100 kg weight (2 300 lb), making it the largest member of the Caiman family and the largest predator in the Amazon basin.

They eat fish, including piranhas, and other animals, including birds, turtles, and land-dwelling animals like the capybara and deer when they come to the water to get a drink. Larger specimens can take tapirs, and sometimes anacondas and jaguars. Their teeth are designed to grab but not rip, so they swallow their food whole after drowning it. Immature specimens eat crustaceans and insects. Healthy adult black caimans have no predators other than humans in their habitat. Their main predator is humans, who hunt them for leather or meat. The Black Caiman can grow to 20 feet long (6 meters),[1] and 1 100 kg weight (2 300 lb), making it the largest member of the Caiman family and the largest predator in the Amazon basin.