Crocodile

Have hardly evolved at all

Perfect form beginning
Can weigh up to 3000 lbs
Life span 70 years
Top predator
One of the top predators
Rings increase with every passing year
So powerful
So huge
Yet you only see a part of them above water
Cold blooded
Need to rely on the sun for temp
Lying like a statue, to take in the heat take in the heat from their
skin
If too much, then leave their mouths to let out the heat
MOUTH OPEN
They expose only their eyes and their nostrils
Their flat tails
Their sharp teeth not really for biting, its their strong jaw that has
power
The teeth can fall out easily
Extremely powerful jaws
Stomachs very acidic, they can digest bones and stones
They sometimes eat stones just to help digestion
Swallow it whole
They dont chew
SWALLOWING important in reptiles
SOLITARY animals usually
When plentiful food however, when animals come to drink at water hole then crocodiles come together
When group comes together there is a loose social order
Its not a complete reptile theme of NO SUPPORT but more there is a group but now it is not available
I had it with my family, but now its all changed There is danger within the family, they dont support each
other
They really dont fight for food they help each other break apart the food
They dont come together too often, but when they do they cooperate
MAKING a nest and Hatching young
Very protective of nest
Female may carry the young ones in her mouth and release them
She takes care of them for a while
And then she leaves them
Not like mammals mother takes them thru everything, hunting, etc. at 2 y/o
In reptiles, after initial love and care then they are on their own
Having parental care and CHANGES SUDDENLY to having no parental care
DANGER from within the family other big croc may feed on hatchlings
The young usually die from bigger crocs
This is how population is controlled
In mammals much fewer young, in retiles many more because fewer will survive
Can be combat especially during mating
When very large animal us usually fight less because syph fight
But not a lion fight, not a fight to finish

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They can jump and take a monkey

Lots of tales a croc and a monkey the croc is mean to the monkey
They do not eat frequently
Can wait months between
EAT MUCH LESS (than mammals)
It grabs the prey
It goes to edge of water hole, suddenly the croc jumps up and drags vistim inot the water and drowns it
The death role
The croc rolls with the victim in mouth in water in order to tear off pieces of flesh
The prey is torn LIMB from LIMB and drown
VIOLENCE, TORTURE
AMBUSH the prey
Bring him down and drown it
It will wait utterly motionless, in a FLASH its on its victim
From one situation there is a COMPLETE CHANGE to other situation
Mother put you in jaws and put you in water, then mother not there to defend you
What it looked like, what was promised to me,..was not
There was a promise, you cheat, you dont trust
SUDDEN change from a calm promising situation to a completely CRUEL, GRUSOME, DESTRUCTIVE situation
They dont sleep often
A RESTLESS, shallow affair
Have to be very alert
They have to be lazy, conserve their energy
ALERTNESS a survival trait
They look completely motionless, yet such a quick attack
To a gruesome attacking animal
Father and mother both attack hatchling (salt water croc)
Salt Water Crocs are more nurturing than Alligators
Alligators are also very irritable to any noise and disturbance
Alligators will protect nest but doesnt follow them to water less protective
Alligator
Croc is largest
Weighs more, life is longer, better social order and more nurturing than Alligator