Smooth-Fronted Caiman by Natural History Museum of Vienna

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3D scan of a smooth-fronted caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) created by the [Natural History Museum of Vienna](https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en) under license [CC Attribution-NonCommercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) These crocodilians live in creeks, rivers and pools of the rainforests in northern South America. With a maximum length of 1.6 meters, they are one of the smallest living crocodilian species. This caiman measures 1.15 meters. It arrived at the museum from Brazil in 1830. It is an example of early taxidermy and represents a piece of zoological research history. The original and more information can be found at [sketchfab / NHMWien](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/smooth-fronted-caiman-nhmw-zoo1-hs-31565-bb103370007f4635b0feb9d4d1dfdad1), the following changes were made: * Geometry decimated from ~ 200k triangles to ~ 90k * downsized to 20% of the original size * object aligned * STL file without errors **Attention:** The lower part of the animal (feet, belly, etc.) remained unchanged.It is therefore not smooth and can lead to problems with print adhesion. If you want to print the animal exactly like this, it is recommended to set the Z-axis in the slicer to +0.5 mm (for example) to have support material on the base (in Cura you have to disable the "Automatically drop models to build plate" option).