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Black Caimans Project

National Geographic Society/Waitt Grants

Photo: Mike Madden explores the Sacactun Cave System

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About the Project

Once hunted nearly to extinction in the Brazilian Amazon, the black caiman is among the largest and least known of the crocodile cousins. Strict anti-hunting laws and protected habitats are helping black caiman make a comeback, but poachers remain a constant threat. Wild Chronicles wades into caiman-filled waters with NGS/Waitt grantee John Thorbjarnarson to explore the feasibility of a sustainable caiman-harvest program.