{"id":2709,"date":"2021-03-09T11:16:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T11:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/bpa\/animal\/cuviers-dwarf-caiman\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T09:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:24:31","slug":"cuviers-dwarf-caiman","status":"publish","type":"animal","link":"https:\/\/neuronicdev.es\/bpa\/discover\/animals\/cuviers-dwarf-caiman\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuvier&#8217;s Dwarf Caiman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"info small-block-spacer\">\n\n      <div class=\"info-blocks\">\n              <div class=\"info-block\">\n          <div class=\"post-box post-box--center\">\n                          <h3 class=\"post-box__title bm__h4\">Did you know?<\/h3>\n                        <div class=\"post-box__content\">\n                                            <div class=\"info-block__content\">\n                  <p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Cuvier&#8217;s dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) is the smallest kind of alligatorid in the world!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>To make up for their small size they have a strong defence to protect them from predation. 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