caiman

"This year, there were three dead manatees, five dead buffalo. We found more than 10 caimans. We found turtles, capybaras, birds, thousands of dead fish," she said last June.

Ash said he and the team bathed in the river at night with electric eel, caiman, sting rays, giant river otters and piranha.

Kneeling in the boat, he was in the perfect position when the cat delivered the skull-crushing bite to the unsuspecting yacare caiman.

Jaguars are known to hunt caimans in rivers in Brazil.

Gonzalez, 71, broke an international treaty by illegally importing bags made from caimans and pythons.