Jacare! Or the spectacled caiman.

Here is a close up of a Jacare, one of the many that we saw in the Pantanal. This one is really close because there was a guy who know how to “call” them out of the water with the promise of pieces of fish.

For your video pleasure, although these are all really short, didn’t want to max out the memory card on the camera.

Guy calling the caiman: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2096109/6596478

Me petting the caiman: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2096243/6597017

Gary gets the caiman by the tail: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2127064/6712603

Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil 2008