Caiman VS Alligator - The 5 Main Differences Explained

Alligators, crocodiles, caimans, gharials – these toothy reptiles from the age of the dinosaurs go by many names, and each type has unique features.

Today, we’ll compare the alligator with the caiman and explain the five main differences.

Caiman vs Alligators - Main Differences
1. Where They live
2. Size
3. Different skin textures
4. Different teeth shape and size
5. Different snout shapes

[MrBeckPJ]

Caimans can be found in South Florida as well, so yes, they can encounter each other in the wild.

[mobbosschico]

This gave me no more info than I already knew .

[ahsanvirk]

Always was curious about the difference between alligators and caimans

[douglasthescottishtwin]

2:32 That's a crocodile, not an alligator.

[speedypete]

It’s like this video was trying to hit a word limit or time limit . So repetitive

[KingGisInDaHouse]

Word of a Wiseman.. if you're close enough to tell a difference you're too close.

[dennisgalindez]

Can they breed or reproduce


Because I’m curious a black caiman and alligator

[gojazz-njvk]

All I know is my alligator shoes cost a bit more than my caiman shoes

[PaintedDog]

1:12 It took me _too damn long_ to realize what he said. I tried looking it up but didn’t know how to spell it. I finally wrote “Caiman” after the word I was trying to look up, in the search bar. The captions were no help. It went from English to Spanish (at the one point I needed it to be in English) and then back to English (right after he said the word I needed)

A.Sinensis is the name of the species….. I thought he was saying that the Chinese is a sinensis. He said it’s A. (as in alligator) Senensis.

Lol, I’m an idiot

[abdulmalikyusuf]

If I could get this straight
Alligators are bigger than caimans exception of the black caiman right ?

[xboy]

All my life thought Caiman was alligator in spanish so how the fuck se dice alligator en español?

[imwaytogoodlookingtobeyour]

What I don't get is why crocodiles and alligators can't successfully breed and produce a look like 90 percent the same as eachother

[reshmir]

The picture you show is not an alligator it’s a crocodile
Because alligator don’t have dots in it’s body but crocodile have

[vinhnguyenthanh]

This is the most indirect video I've ever seen. I appreciate your work but you need to get right into the point. Also a few words popping up in each aspect is also good for the video

[LarryJ]

I mean, when your example of an alligator at the beginning of the video is a crocodile, I'm not gonna watch your video.

[aarushbhavsar]

what if both the caiman and alligator were the same age and size? Would they both die?

[seangallagher]

You’re mistaken in that they can in fact interbreed because they’re in the same family. Same applies to big cats, great apes, canines, monitor lizards, various species of snakes, etc. They can indeed hybridize… It’s just unethical to do so unnaturally.

[tanishqphilip]

Too much background noise (I mean it's too loud)

[CoasterCrafter]

0:58 (the one on the right)
1:02
1:12
2:30

Those are crocs. Interesting facts otherwise !

[diegoflores]

Its the same animal. The difference is just the name and thats why people think its a different aniimal. Its like the asiatic lion and african lion situation, they inhabit different locations but are the same animal