Surinam Caiman
by The Getty/science Photo Library
Title
Surinam Caiman
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The Getty/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Surinam caiman. 18th-century artwork showing a Surinam caiman (probably Paleosuchus palpebrosus) biting a South American false coral snake (Anilius scytale) to protect her young hatchling. This artwork is from 'Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium' (1705) by German nature illustrator Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717). Surinam (now called Suriname) is in northern South America.
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November 13th, 2019
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