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    “9 Foot ‘Butcher Crocodile’ Likely Ruled Before Dinosaurs” These 9 foot tall beast with blade like teeth once lived in the warm and wet environs of what is now called North Carolina about 2 centuries ago.Once these crocs were called Butcher Crocodiles but now referred as Carnufex Carolinensis. These crocodiles ancestor likely walked on their hind legs, preying on armored reptiles and early mammal in it’s ecosystem. It shares some qualities with dinosaurs such as it shared some skeletal features with the big-headed dinosaur like reptiles called rauisuchids, showing that this croc may share more traits than being cold blooded. Branch of science: I believe this article branch of science in zoology because this article states facts and details…

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    Alligators vs. Crocodiles Have you ever looked at a swamp and wonder if it was a crocodile you were observing or an alligator? If so then this essay will show you many differences to tell which is which it will also tell you various various similarities to why people mistake them for one another. They both have a lot of similar features and actions like rough skin and have some differences to help you tell you which you are looking at like most alligators have round snouts and crocodiles have…

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    The Australian Salt-Water Crocodile [Crocodylus porosus] is an ancient group of achosaurs, which first appeared in the fossil record during the Late Triassic; over 200 million years ago. An ancestor of the Salt Water Crocodile, is the Isisfordia duncanii, which originated in Isisford Qld during the Mid Cretaceous period. The Isisfordia duncanii is essentially, the beginning of the lifestyle, known as “semi aquatic ambush predators” and despite being considerably smaller than the average Salt…

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    Jackals Short Story

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    runs. The Spectre still has to travel to him though, so that the canine is not away from his den too long. He is a moderately old Reaper, but, unlike many of the others, he has not focused much on learning to change forms, and he is, in fact, only truly comfortable in two forms: human and crocodile. He has always lived along the Nile, first as a fisherman, which is how he met his demise at the jaws of the very creature he has come to transform into these days. However, it hasn 't been terrible,…

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    Alligators Alligators are such great animals, and are often mistaken with Crocodiles but they are two totally different animals. Alligators have wide, flat and rounded snouts. Their food consists of fish, frogs, snakes, turtles, birds, and other mammals. They’ve even eaten deer and other cattle as well. They are also known to attack humans because they are territorial and the females protect their babies. They can survive a very wide range of temperatures, but are mostly found in more warm…

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    Crocodile Vs Alligator

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    Left nearly unchanged for over 240 million years, crocodiles, alligators, and other crocodilia are basically our version of modern day dinosaurs (Graaf). Both lay eggs, both are territorial predators, and both are enormous reptilian animals. Yet despite their numerous similarities they differ in a few significant key area that it’s no wonder that they are commonly confused for one another. Although crocodiles and alligators are part of the same reptilian order, they are different due to they’re…

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    Crocodile Dundee and Paul Hogan's commercial utilise dialect, props and characterisation to add to mistaken and deluding thoughts regarding Australia. Dialect is utilised to express the solid Australian inflection and the familiarity of Australians through slang. The utilisation of props helps to create the notorious picture of Australian ways of life, for example, a great bushman in a disconnected town in the outback, or everyone cherishes the shoreline and knows how to surf. Characterisation…

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    The Tomistoma crocodile “estimate is less than 2500 mature individuals, with continuing decline of at least 25% within 5 years or two generations.”(TomistomaTomistomaschlegelii, Bezuijen). The crocodiles are becoming extremely vulnerable and unfortunately, they do not mate as much as they should. Because of this, our group believes that if we extract the pheromones of a male Tomistoma and place it around the enclosure then the other male crocodile will want to mate with the female because the…

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    Crocodiles Research Paper

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    2. Crocodile products are used in the fashion industry to make leather products such as bags, belt and shoes. Crocodile products are also used in the food industry for there meat. The medical industry also uses crocodile products for products such as creams and oils due to there sought after fat. Crocodile fat has also been used as fuel for cars. Activity 2: 1.1 Breathing in living organisms, the taking in of oxygen and the release of energy and carbon dioxide after carbohydrates are broken…

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    Difference between Alligators and Crocodiles” Plenty of people confuse the alligators and crocodiles, as they are both large, scaly animals of prey. What most people do not think of is that while they are very alike in some ways, they are two extremely different, yet super frightening hunters. Both of these reptiles are members of the reptilian family Crocodylia, however they are from two different families. There are a sum of 25 types of crocodilians (belonging to the Crocodylia family),…

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