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.
@RicochetII you should read it again, is after hatching
dm3io79 1 year ago
oh dear....
RJKHOTS 1 year ago
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)?
RicochetII 2 years ago
cool man......
first view rate comment and vote :p
monkeyboyee1 2 years ago