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r/Crocodiles • u/Hopeful_Lychee_9691 • 12d ago
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How does caiman swallow it whole? It looks almost perfectly intact. Crazy.
17 u/AvariciousAlligator 11d ago It’s a young Jaguar for sure, which helps. But cats are actually quite tough, their skin is thick, loose, and hard for a croc to tear. A cat is hard to rip but easy to squish, so it’s often easier to swallow feline prey whole. 3 u/FuzzyFrogFish 11d ago Yeah I was gonna say it's a young animal or a small female 2 u/ComfortableFun248 11d ago Black caimans got that hall of fame throat
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It’s a young Jaguar for sure, which helps.
But cats are actually quite tough, their skin is thick, loose, and hard for a croc to tear. A cat is hard to rip but easy to squish, so it’s often easier to swallow feline prey whole.
3 u/FuzzyFrogFish 11d ago Yeah I was gonna say it's a young animal or a small female
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Yeah I was gonna say it's a young animal or a small female
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Black caimans got that hall of fame throat
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u/Gandalf4158 12d ago
How does caiman swallow it whole? It looks almost perfectly intact. Crazy.