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... crocodiles , most has been gained from observation of animals in captivity . Captive animals seldom live more than 40 years , possibly because of lack of proper exercise and diet . Statistics on the growth of the Nile crocodile suggest ...
... crocodiles , most has been gained from observation of animals in captivity . Captive animals seldom live more than 40 years , possibly because of lack of proper exercise and diet . Statistics on the growth of the Nile crocodile suggest ...
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... crocodile is able to protect quickly into the water from a bank , crocodiles slide on its ears from the water . their bellies , pushing with the feet . The crocodile's relatively flat snout is usually quite long ; Reproduction . The ...
... crocodile is able to protect quickly into the water from a bank , crocodiles slide on its ears from the water . their bellies , pushing with the feet . The crocodile's relatively flat snout is usually quite long ; Reproduction . The ...
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... crocodiles also belong the choanae had already moved to the posterior part of two bones of the skull ( pterygoids ) . In the true crocodiles ( Eusuchia ) , which appear in the Upper Jurassic , the choanae are entirely enclosed by the ...
... crocodiles also belong the choanae had already moved to the posterior part of two bones of the skull ( pterygoids ) . In the true crocodiles ( Eusuchia ) , which appear in the Upper Jurassic , the choanae are entirely enclosed by the ...
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