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Crocodiles using tools?

Using objects as hunting lures is very rare in nature, having been observed in just a handful of species. We ...
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Can Crocodiles change color?

Many species alter skin color to varying degrees and by different mechanisms. Here, we show that some crocodylians modify skin ...
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SAAF Film Credits

1. Surfing Hallow Days 1961 2. Realm of the Alligator 1993 3. Illegally Yours - Rob Lowe 1988. 1:34 they ...
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Yacare caiman eating the eggs of a conspecific during oviposition

Jen Walkowich, Reptile Keeper, St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park - July 4, 2009 The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park ...
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is…

It is a strange tradition to throw your money away, but that is exactly what people want to do when ...
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Are Crocodilians Like Dinosaurs?

Modern crocodilians and birds are the only living representatives of the Archosauria, a group that also includes non-avian dinosaurs and ...
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Crocodilian Immune Activity

Serum samples from all twenty-three known living members of the Crocodylia were tested for antibacterial activity against eight bacterial species ...
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Field Research in Gambia

Dear John, Perran, David, and Kent, On behalf of myself, Matt Shirley, both the Gambian and Senegalese Divisions of Wildlife ...
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