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Caiman nearly bites motorcyclist during storm in Rio de Janeiro
During a storm on Saturday, a yellow-bellied caiman nearly bit a motorcyclist in Taquara, a neighborhood in southwest Rio de Janeiro.
Security camera footage showed the rider startled by the animal but able to get away.
Witnesses said it was the second caiman seen near a local condominium in less than a month.
A military firefighter and an agent from the Jacaré Institute captured the male caiman, which measured 1.9 metres and weighed 30 kilograms.
Firefighters then returned the caiman to its natural habitat at Jacarepaguá Lagoon.
The storm also brought flooding, strong wind gusts and fallen trees in parts of the city, and Civil Defense warned that unsettled weather was expected to continue.
A yellow-bellied caiman nearly bit a motorcyclist during heavy rain in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday afternoon.
Security-camera footage showed the motorcyclist startled by the animal but escaping.
The caiman was captured in Taquara, in the city’s southwest, by a firefighter and an Instituto Jacaré agent.
It was a male weighing 30 kilograms and measuring 1.90 metres.
Firefighters transported it to Jacarepaguá Lagoon and returned it to its natural habitat.
- Who
- A yellow-bellied caiman and a motorcyclist; the motorcyclist escaped. A firefighter and an Instituto Jacaré agent captured the caiman.
- What
- The caiman nearly bit a passing motorcyclist during a storm and was later captured and returned to its habitat.
- When
- Saturday afternoon, November 7.
- Where
- Taquara, in the southwest of Rio de Janeiro; the caiman was taken to Jacarepaguá Lagoon.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Heavy rain hit Rio de Janeiro, and a caiman emerged from the water in Taquara.
Security-camera footage recorded the caiman nearly biting a motorcyclist, who escaped.
A firefighter and an Instituto Jacaré agent captured the caiman and recorded measurements and other data.
Firefighters transported the caiman to Jacarepaguá Lagoon and returned it to its natural habitat.
- Species
- Yellow-bellied caiman
- Location
- Taquara, southwest Rio de Janeiro
- Weight
- 30 kg
- Length
- 1.90 m
- Destination
- Jacarepaguá Lagoon