Authorities in southern Taiwan have captured a spectacled caiman from a Pingtung County river. The alligator-like reptile is not native to Taiwan, but some farmers breed them, and they can be kept as a pet without a permit.
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00:00An alligator-like reptile has been lured from a river in southern Taiwan after first being
00:05spotted a week ago.
00:07It took three hours to coax the spectacle caiman out of the Pindong County River with
00:12raw chicken.
00:14It's not clear where the two-meter long reptile came from, as caimans are not native to Taiwan.
00:20But they can be kept as pets without registration, and the area has seen escapes from both breeding
00:25centers and private homes in the past.
00:28Experts think five more caimans may still be loose.