var arrayFacts=[ "Wall Flowers:

Unlike their alligator cousins, caimans tend to be rather shy. These animals will spend a great deal of their adult lives traveling unseen through their burrows during the day.

Under cover of night, they patrol the waters for food unobserved.", "It's Rainin' Caiman:

Caimans achieve sexual maturity when they are between 10 and 20 years old, much like humans!

At the start of the rainy season, female caimans create a nest of local materials and lay their eggs.

The eggs will incubate up to 115 days, at which point the caiman babies will hatch at the height of the rainy season.", "Big Caiman in a Little Pond:

The largest caiman ever recorded was a black Amazon caiman (aka large caiman, jacare-assu) and measured 20 feet in length.

This nearly extinct breed of Caiman was one of the few in existance that was big enough to cause real damage to a human.

The average Caiman is about 7 feet in length, which is smaller then many of their reptilian relatives. Caimans have short tails, a smooth head, and a high skull. ", "Young and Vulnerable:

Mature caimans tend to have a very low mortality rate due to their nocturnal natures and their solitary lifestyles. Unfortunately, young caimans are not so lucky.

Large, carnivorous animals like the jaguar, as well as human hunters, often target young caimans, which is why the species as a whole is endangered.", "Pet Predator:

Caimans became established in the Miami area when pet spectacled caimans escaped into the wild.

These fast, sharp-toothed crocodilians were imported to the United States after it became illegal to sell native American alligators.", "The Caiman in Spain:

'Caiman' is Spanish for 'alligator' or any crocodilian.", "Bony and Bookish:

The name spectacled caiman refers to the bony ridge between the caiman's eyes, which makes the creature look like it is wearing spectacles.

Caimans have a triangular ridge on their bony upper eyelids much like the dinosaur Allosaurus. ", "Nothing Gold Can Stay:

Juvenile caimans are yellow black spots and bands on their bodies. When they become adults, their markings fade and they become a dull olive-green color.", "Amazing, Adaptable, Alligatoridae:

Caimans have the widest distribution of any species in the Alligatoridae family. They are extremely adaptable, and can live in virtually any lowland, wetland, and river habitat in their geographical range.

If environmental conditions become too harsh, they will burrow into mud and live in a near-dormant state.

Caimans live in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, French Guiana, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Tobago, Trinidad, the United States, and Venezuela.", "Caiman Chameleon:

The different subspecies of caiman vary in colour, size and skull shape.

Some caiman species have a limited ability to change their color by regulating the distribution of black pigment in certain kinds of cells. ", "Caiman Table Manners:

Young caimans eat a variety of aquatic insects, crustaceans, molluscs. As they mature, they start to eat vertebrates, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, and water birds.

Older caimans can even eat large, mammalian prey like wild pigs. When conditions become too dry, caimans my stop feeding on other species of animal and resort to cannibalism.", "Friend to Fish?

Caimans are extremely important to their local ecosystems. They perform a service called 'nutrient recycling,' wherein their waste re-enters to ecosystem to nourish other plans and animals.

In areas where caiman populations are endangered, fish populations show a decline.", ];