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Crocs - Crocodiles, Aligators, Caimans and the Indian Gharial -
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They can be found in 90 countries around the world, mainly in the warmer tropical areas. Being cold blooded they depend on the warmth of the sun to maintain body temperatures and cannot tolerate cold. |
In Australia crocs can be found in all coastal areas around the north. The larger species is the Estuarine Crocodile which is very dangerous and has been responsible for the deaths of several people in the past few years. The smaller Johnstone Feshwater Crocodile is usually found further inland in freshwater and is not considered dangerous to man.
| If you happen to fall into a crocodile infested waterway, don't panic and start splashing. Crocs have a sixth sense that they can detect prey with. Even if these predators can't see, hear or smell you, they can detect the slightest movement with a network of pinhead sized pressure detectors on their jaws. The biologist behind the latest research, Daphne Soares, thinks the sensory system evolved millions of years ago, when primitive crocodiles shared the Earth with dinosaurs. |  |
| "Evidence shows that this sensory organ may have appeared around 200 million years ago, in the Jurassic period," says the University of Maryland scientist. | Is there a dentist |
If you do need to address a croc formally, their correct names follow;
Alligatoridea
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Alligator sinensis Caiman crocodilus Caiman latirostris Caiman yacare Melanosuchus niger Paleosuchus palpebrosus Paleosuchus trigonatus |
Crocodylidae
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Crocodylus johnstoni Crocodylus intermedius Crocodylus cataphractus Crocodylus mindorensis Crocodylus moreletii Crocodylus niloticus Crocodylus novaeguineae Crocodylus palustris Crocodylus acutus Crocodylus rhombifer Crocodylus siamensis Osteolaemus tetraspis Gavialis gangeticus |
Gavialidae
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