Thursday, 16 April 2020

Blog on crocodiles

Crocodiles are very strange species. They are harmless to humans but harmful when the crocodile is too hungry. Crocodiles eat humans when they are too hungry. They are usually harmless. The largest crocodile and reptile on earth is the saltwater crocodile. These male species can be 20 ft long but the females can grow only 9.8 ft long. They are usually found in oceans as they can only live in saltwater.

A crocodile's diet consists of snakes, sharks, crustaceans etc. It can also eat a human. A saltwater crocodile has a longer snout compared to other crocodiles. It has a longer snout than compared to the mugger crocodile.

The top 2 crocodiles are the saltwater crocodile and the nile crocodile. There are many types of crocodiles like the American crocodile, Marsh crocodile, Dwarf crocodile, Gharial etc. The smallest crocodile on earth is the cuviar's dwarf caiman. Their existence dates to 95 million years ago.

Their one amazing feature is that they have a four chambered heart just like bird. The nile crocodile is known to have attacked and eaten humans.

Crocodiles are very unique species so they should never be killed for making leather out of their skin.

Uthkarsh. V
Grade 7

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