
%0 Journal Article
%T A Fatal Attack on a Child by a Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)
%J Wilderness and environmental medicine
%D 2011
%A Haddad, Vidal
%A Fonseca, Waldicléa Cardoso
%V 22
%N 1
%P 62-64
%X We describe a fatal attack by a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) on an 11-year-old child with comments on the reptile's aggression mechanisms and the conditions under which this kind of incident takes place in the Amazon region.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1080-6032
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2010.11.010