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For example, the behaviour of crocodiles "is constructed in interaction, both between people and crocodiles, and among people"; [5] markedly different results depended on "institutional arrangements and attitudes towards sharing a dam with crocodiles" in different villages in Benin, where knowledge of crocodile habits reduced attacks. [5] [6]
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 ...
Crocodilians live almost exclusively in lowland habitiat, and do not appear to live above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). [115] With a range extending from eastern India to New Guinea and northern Australia, the saltwater crocodile is the widest-spread species. [118] Crocodilians use various types of aquatic habitats.
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.The term “crocodile” is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (both members of the family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (both ...
The inguinal saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest predator inhabiting the coasts, rivers, and lakes of Timor.It is the only crocodile species capable of living in both saltwater and freshwater environments and is native to the entire Southeast Asian archipelago, ranging from the eastern coast of India to the northern coast of Australia.
Brandon Sideleau, a human and crocodile conflict researcher at Charles Darwin University, told Yahoo that this behavior is not new and that the crocodile in the alarming video is likely just ...
She has the head of crocodile, the mane of a lion, and the body of a dog. From a Book of the Dead papyrus (c. 2nd century BCE) in Thebes. Prior to the New Kingdom and the creation of Chapter 125 in the Book of the Dead, Ammit did not have a large presence in ancient Egyptian religion.
Crocodilians living in this ecosystem included Leidyosuchus, around 12 feet (3.5 meters) long, and the smaller Albertochampsa. The semiaquatic superficially croc-like Champsosaurus also was present.