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Crocodile, the killler of water
Crocodile, the killler of water
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Crocodile, the killler of water
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 (04-14-2018, 05:28 AM)epaiva Wrote: Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) Rather funny this Orinoco crocodile with these small green plant (failed) sprouts onto the muzzle and the top on the head ! Beginning of strategic camouflage ? 
Mugger crocodile top and Indian gharial in Kataraniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, taken from the book Dragon Songs - Vladimir Dinets
@sanjay Do you know what is the interaction of Mugger Crocodiles and Indian gharials in that Wildlife Santuary?  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Skull of American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) larger one from a specimen about 3 meters long and Skull of Caiman crocodilus from a male over 1,80 meters long
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 Possibly biggest crocodile ever found caught on camera. Estimated to be 29 ft! 
Rangers capture mammoth crocodile after decade-long hunt
IT TOOK 10 years but rangers have finally caught the biggest croc in the Katherine River — weighing in at a whopping 600kg. CROCS in the Northern Territory aren’t rare — but they are at this size. After a decade-long hunt, rangers in the Northern Territory have finally captured Katherine River’s biggest croc — weighing in at a whopping 600 kilograms and measuring 4.71 metres long, about the length of an average family car. The hunt began after rumours of a “large dark tail” spotted near a local boat ramp, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. NT Parks and Wildlife rangers Chris Heydon and John Burke said it was very unusual to capture a croc this big in the Katherine River system. “We average a 4.2 metre croc most years, but never this big,” Mr Burke said. Despite its extremely heavy weight, rangers said the male croc, who might be over 60 years old, was not as difficult to trap.  *This image is copyright of its original author “When they are this big we just sedate them, so there is no chance of us getting chomped,” Mr Heydon told the SMH. The reptile will be taken to a croc farm in the Katherine region, NT Parks and Wildlife confirmed. In the NT inland waters, a five-metre saltwater crocodile is considered to be rare. “Although this is the biggest we’ve caught in the Katherine River, there are bigger ones out there that come up from the Daly River,” ranger Burke said. The NT Parks and Wildlife are reminding the community to “be crocwise”. On their website they make it clear that “croc danger is real”. “Do not become complacent or risk your life.”  *This image is copyright of its original author Croc captures are not unusual in the Top End, earlier this year seven crocodiles were pulled from the river, including two large saltwater crocs — 3.92 metres and 3.97 metres. There was even a larger find in Darwin, when rangers were called to capture a 4.7m croc from the city’s harbour. Across the NT, there have been 188 saltwater crocodiles captured so far this year while 370 were captured in 2017. Hope Inlet, located in the territory’s northwest, has had the most croc captures this year at 42. In 1974 a 6.4m saltwater croc was caught on the Mary River in a net. A crocodile has not been longer than 5m when caught in a trap. https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/rangers-capture-mammoth-crocodile-after-decadelong-hunt/news-story/0340de36849cee5787f34c5391385976
Siddharth Singh
A Male Gharial at Katerniyaghat Dudhwa TR ..  *This image is copyright of its original author
Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) skull.
It belonged to a very big female that measured 3,65 my long  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Andre Kleinhans
Unusual Crocodile eating crocodile, and junior joined in.  *This image is copyright of its original author
Huge skull of false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii )
Head of education and vice chairman of the TTF (Tomistoma Task Force) Colin Stevenson with what is the largest known skull of any living crocodile species, it measures a huge 84 cm (33 inches) and is housed at Natural History Museum of London, the ruler of the second picture is 30 cm long (12 inches) for scale, it does not have information about the size of that croc but is was a huge one for sure 6 or plus meters long. Credit to @crocodilesoftheworlduk  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Differences of Crocodilians and Alligators as can be seen in picture, Orinoco crocodile (Crocodylus intermedius) left and Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) right
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