Caiman laying eggs and another caiman eating them.

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Uploaded by on Jul 15, 2009

These are Yacare caiman on display at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (www.alligatorfarm.us). Keeper, Jen Walkowich, captured this rare behavior. One camian is laying the eggs while another is sneaking in and eating them. This is not parental behavior as we have shown in other videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sUdcuQ507U&feature=channel_page), in fact both of these animals are female.

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  • @RicochetII you should read it again, is after hatching

  • oh dear....

  • Given the length of time the caimen spends holding each egg in its mouth prior to consuming it (and the fact that the mother does not react to her eggs being eaten), do you think it could be checking the eggs to see if they are infertile and then consuming those that are, as has been reported in American Alligators (Kushlan and Simon, 1981)?

  • cool man......

    first view rate comment and vote :p

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