Jacaré, the alligator, reaches out to get the honey from the tail of Jabotí

Jacaré, the alligator, reaches out to get the honey from the tail of Jabotí, 

(only to get his finger trapped between the two shells)

an illustration by John Vernon Lord 

in Adventures of Jabotí on the Amazon by Lena F Hurlong, Abelard-Schuman, 1968