The Life of Animals | Caiman | The spectacled caiman reach sexual maturity will from any where from 4 to 7 years. season ends after the females Will Build Nests out of dense vegetation. The size of the nest varies Depending on the resources available to the female.Each female can lay up to forty eggs The larger females have recently been found to lay eggs That are larger than the females lay eggs Smaller Most Caimans Will nest During the wet season .
The temperature is too low for the eggs Temperature is Important to the developing eggs. Females Will Build Their Nests in a way Them That insulates from extreme temperature changes. The Nests are made of vegetation. Caiman do not possess the genes Necessary to determine sex. They depend on temperature. When the temperature inside the nest is approximately 31 degrees Celsius, or lower, the Caiman Will Become male.
Young Caiman do not hatch with the dark green coloring of Their parents. This coloration will eventually fade away Spectacled caiman have strongly protective maternal behavior. The larger caimans Will eat fish and water snails Older animals are capable of taking larger, mammalian prey (eg wild pigs). Observations show That Become conditions as drier, caimans stop feeding. Until recently, it was thought the Caiman Crocodilus That would overeat the fish and snail Populations. Some suggest Populations That They control piranha.
