1862, The Quiver, Volumes 1-6, page 451,We were about to follow this advice, when another man, more rash than his comrades, said, 'I'm not afraid of caymans,' and spurred his horse into the stream.
1996, Dale Alan Olsen (editor), Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest, page 326,Surely, when this animal comes, it is to eat us. Thus, we have to sing this hoa. This is how I learned this hoa for caymans. One sings this so he won't be eaten by the caymans.
2002, Harry S. Pariser, Explore Puerto Rico, page 157,Laguna Tortuguero has some 2,000 caimanes (caymans), a type of alligator indigenous to Central and S America.
