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The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaland to northern Australia and Micronesia. It has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 1996. [2]
Saltwater crocodiles dispose of excess salt in their bodies through specialized salt glands. These are the largest species of crocodile, also making them the largest reptiles. They can grow up to six meters in length. [1] [9] American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) similarly prefer brackish over freshwater habitats. [10]
Three extant crocodilian species clockwise from top-left: saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), and gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) Crocodilia is an order of mostly large, predatory, semiaquatic reptiles, which includes true crocodiles, the alligators, and caimans; as well as the gharial and ...
Crocodilians range in size from the dwarf caimans and African dwarf crocodiles, which reach 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in), to the saltwater crocodile and Nile crocodile, which reach 6 m (20 ft) and weigh up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lb).
Crocodile experts are unconvinced and have shot down rumors that the saltwater crocodiles are up to anything malicious. ViralBear Crocodile filmed moving feet above the water's surface
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"Octonauts and the Saltwater Crocodile" Dashi TBA: 17 May 2013 An enormous Australian saltwater crocodile is lost in the Antarctic Ocean and the Octonauts must bring him home without anyone getting hurt. 71 21 "Octonauts and the Humphead Parrotfish" Dashi TBA: 2 September 2013