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Crocodile, the killler of water

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Crocodile, the killler of water

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05-15-2019, 05:56 PM ( This post was last modified: 05-15-2019, 06:11 PM by epaiva )

The quickest way to distinguish alligators from crocodiles is by looking at the jawline, in the alligators the teeth in the lower jaw fit into sockets in the upper jaw so when the jaws are closed only the teeth in the upper jaw are visible. In Crocodilyds the teeth of the lower jaw fit in grooves on the outside of the upper jaw, si both upper and lower teeth are visible when the mouth is closed (Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians Gordon Grigg and David Kirshner)
Pictures of Orinoco Crocodile and its Skull and pictures of Caiman crocodilus and it skull to compare the difference of head shapes of Crocodylians and Alligatorids

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RE: Crocodile, the killler of water - epaiva - 05-15-2019, 05:56 PM
check out tis monster - chaos - 11-28-2014, 07:48 PM
huge crocs - chaos - 07-05-2015, 08:31 PM
Crocodile, the killler of water - sanjay - 11-27-2015, 12:08 PM



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