Examples of caiman in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In 2018 a family came upon a 3-foot dwarf caiman while walking their dog in Lexington. — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 2 June 2022 The zoo did not say in the post if the reptile was an alligator, crocodile, or caiman. — David Aaro, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2022 Despite the hazards, the Pororoca is popular with surfers, who don’t mind sharing a wave with a caiman or a piranha. — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2022 The dwarf caiman species is the smallest of the alligator family and typically grows to about four feet, according to Animal Diversity Web. — Emma Austin, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2021 The Guatemalan guerrilla was created at the beginning of the 1960s, in the mountains, by a ghost and a caiman. — Eduardo Halfon, The New York Review of Books, 9 Nov. 2020 In fact, this ancient caiman had a bite force of seven tons, more than four times the strongest bite ever measured in the animal kingdom, study author Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi said in an email. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Aug. 2020 The crystal structures in sea turtle and caiman tears were the most distinctive, likely a product of adapting to their aquatic environments. — Lauren Kent, CNN, 13 Aug. 2020 That's the word from Georgie, a young, approximately 1-foot-long dwarf caiman that escaped from an outdoor enclosure in Clinton Township at least five days ago. — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 7 July 2020 See More

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