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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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   *This image is copyright of its original author Clive Grylls- "RARELY SEEN....LET ALONE PHOTOGRAPHED.......A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED GHARIAL SHARES A MUDFLAT WITH A MUGGER CROCODILE IN THE BARDIA NATIONAL PARK IN NEPAL....."
" Natural Selection. Sometimes it all comes down to chance. Dozens or hundreds by the watering hole and it’s the dude next to you that slips in and falls to the crocs. "
https://www.livescience.com/elephant-cru...odile.html
"A recent confrontation between an elephant and a crocodile ended in a surprising twist that left both combatants dead, with the crocodile flattened underneath the fallen pachyderm." 
Example of size of muggers,
 *This image is copyright of its original author
" The theory of the evolution of species by natural selection.
To put it simply, it’s characteristic changes to a species due to a more efficient way it reacts and survives within its environment. Beneficial changes will help the individual survive and thus reproduce, passing on its successful characteristics. The crocodile as we know it has been relatively the same for the past 200 million years, even outliving dinosaurs by some 65 million years. No need for characteristic changes when you’re that successful. Nature really succeeded with their design. "
The false gavial is also called Tomistoma, from its Latin name. It is really a freshwater Crocodile living in the Malaysia region of the South Pacific and is not related to the gharial of the Asian mainland.
Book Alligators and Crocodiles - Leonard Lee Rue III  *This image is copyright of its original author
Black caiman is the largest of all caiman species with larger individuals up to 5 meters long
Book Alligators and Crocodiles - Leonard Lee Rue III  *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 She also states the Gharial can get "2 meters larger" than the one shown in the capture photo.
" Scientists have calculated that on average 6,250 wildebeest are killed during their annual mass migration. Large portion of these killings are done throughout crocodile infested waterways . "
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