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Fabulously Fun Facts about Crocodiles

    • Crocodilian refers to the order of animals that includes the crocodile and its U.S.-dwelling cousin, the alligator. Of the 23 crocodilian species, about half are endangered or threatened by humans.
    • Crocodiles are apex predators, meaning they are at the top of the food chain in the wild. In other words, as Wildlife Warriors Worldwide indicates on their Web site, they have “only themselves and people to fear.”salties

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    • Saltwater crocodiles, or “salties” to Australians, are the largest and most dangerous reptiles on earth. They can grow to be more than 6 metres (20 feet) long and weigh more than 907 kilograms (2,000 pounds). Like all crocodilians, they keep growing for life
    • Crocodiles are strict carnivores. They will eat essentially any animal they can grab off the banks of the river, from birds and frogs to large mammals – including humans, if they get too close. Most at home in or around swamps and slow-moving rivers, crocodiles can hold their breath underwater for over an hour. They lurk beneath the water and wait for prey to come by for a drink, then they strike before a fight can even begin. Since their eyes and nostrils are on top of their heads, they can wait patiently, breathing and watching, for hours on end. wildebeast

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    • Although most of a crocodile’s power is in its tail, its jaws can crush bones. The pressure of the crocodile’s bite is more than 5,000 pounds per square inch (30,000 kPa), compared to just 335 pounds per square inch (2,300 kPa) for a Rottweiler, 400 pounds per square inch (2,800 kPa) for a large great white shark, 800 pounds per square inch (6,000 kPa) to 1,000 pounds per square inch (7,000 kPa) for a hyena. 
      • Crocodiles’ jaws are opened, however, by a very weak set of muscles. Crocodiles can thus be subdued for study or transport by taping their jaws or holding their jaws shut with large rubber bands cut from automobile inner tubes. They have limited lateral (side-to-side) neck movement. 

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