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	Nile Crocodile - Crocodylus niloticus
		Nile crocodiles have a four-chambered heart like a bird, but they are still cold-blooded and rely on the sun for heat.
		It is absent from the Sahara Desert and in 1900 was exterminated from Seychelles.
		Nile crocodiles eat the entire animal, including bones, antlers, etc. Pebbles are sometimes swallowed to aide in digestion.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/crocodile/nile.html (763 words)

	Nile crocodile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nile crocodiles have temperature dependent sex determination (TSD), which means the sex of their hatchlings is determined not by genetics, but by the average temperature during the middle third of their incubation period.
		Crocodile longevity is not well established, but larger species like the Nile crocodile live longer, and may have an average life span of 70-100 years.
		Sobek was depicted as a crocodile, as a mummified crocodile, or as a man with the head of a crocodile.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nile_crocodile (2685 words)

	Crocodile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The crocodile is a large aquatic reptile that lives throughout the Tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
		In this latter crocodile it was actually the skin that was measured by zoologist Jerome Montague, and as skins are known to underestimate the size of the actual animal, it is possible this crocodile was at least another 10 cm longer.
		Crocodiles are more closely related to birds and dinosaurs than to most animals classified as reptiles, the three being included in the group Archosauria ('ruling reptiles').
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crocodile (2135 words)

	Crocodile (reptile) - MSN Encarta
		Crocodiles usually can be recognized by their long triangular snouts, intermediate between the long, narrow snouts of gavials and the short, oval snouts of alligators and caimans.
		The Nile crocodile of Africa was revered by certain ancient Egyptian sects, and mummies of crocodiles have been discovered in Egyptian tombs.
		The Indo-Pacific crocodile is classified as Crocodylus porosus, the swamp crocodile as Crocodylus palustris, the Nile crocodile as Crocodylus niloticus, the Cuban crocodile as Crocodylus rhombifer, the Morelet's crocodile as Crocodylus moreletii, the Orinoco crocodile as Crocodylus intermedius, and the American crocodile as Crocodylus acutus.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578937/Crocodile_(reptile).html (885 words)

	Nile Crocodile
		Nile Crocodiles' brains and hearts are more advanced than those of any other living reptiles.
		Nile Crocodile bulls also respond to distress calls of their young., crocodiles convey social messages with motions, odors, postures, by touch and with sounds.
		Nile Crocodiles were once widely distributed over Africa south of the Sahara and on offshore islands.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /nile_crocodile.htm (393 words)

	Crocodile at AllExperts
		Despite their slow appearance, crocodiles are the top predators in their environment, and various species have been observed attacking and killing lions, [1][2] large ungulates and even sharks.
		In this latter crocodile it was actually the skin that was measured by zoologist Jerome Montague, and as skins are known to underestimate the size of the actual animal, it is possible this crocodile was at least another 4 inches (10 cm) longer.
		The crocodile experts said as per the parameters, the crocodile would be about 25 feet (7.62 m) since the size of the skull was measured one seventh of the total length of the body.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/cr/crocodile.htm (1509 words)

	Jungle Photos Africa Animals reptiles - crocodile natural history
		Crocodiles have the famous log-like appearance when floating in water because their eyes, nostrils and ears are at the same level and positioned at the top of the skull.
		Crocodiles would have more dental problems were it not for the services of the Egyptian plover which bravely pecks food particles from the huge pointed teeth.
		Baby crocodiles are subject to numerous dangers, especially large wading birds, such as storks and herons, large lizards and adult crocodiles.
	www.junglephotos.com /africa/afanimals/reptiles/crocodilenathist.shtml (1509 words)

	Nile Crocodile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Nile crocodile was originally found in Madagascar and all of Africa, but not in the Sahara Desert and not on the northern coast of Africa.
		The Nile crocodile is a member of the reptile class and is a survivor of the Archosaria, a group that included dinosaurs.
		The Nile crocodile inhabits the lakes, rivers, freshwater swamps, brackish water, and papyrus swamps of Africa.
	www.hillsborough.k12.nj.us /hhs/endspeci/REPTILES/nilecro.htm (531 words)

	Wikinfo \| Crocodile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Crocodiles tend to live in slow-moving rivers and feed on a wide variety of living and dead mammals and fish.
		Despite their slow appearance, crocodiles are top-level predators in their chosen environment, and various species have been observed attacking and killing Lions, large ungulates and even sharks.
		Crocodiles in the wild are protected in Australia and many other parts of the world, but they also are farmed commercially, and their hide is tanned into leather and used to make handbags, boots, and the like, while crocodile meat is considered a delicacy by connoisseurs.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=crocodile (543 words)

	Crocodilian Species - Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nile crocodiles modify their habitat by digging dens (usually with their snouts and feet) into which they retreat from adverse conditions such as temperature extremes.
		Nile crocodiles will also often scavenge from carcasses, together with a number of other animals, all of which seem to tolerate each others' presence.
		The ecology of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti) on Central Island, Lake Rudolf.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /cnhc/csp_cnil.htm (1615 words)

	The Nile River
		The Nile provided the people that moved to it's valley in the year 5000 BC water to drink, irrigation water, farming opportunity, fish and waterfowl for food, papyrus reeds grew on the banks of the Nile and they were used for boats and for houses.
		The equator is an imaginary circle on the surface of the earth, equidistant from the north pole and the south pole, and dividing the earth in half.
		She lays 20 to 90 eggs depending on how old she is. These crocodiles lay their eggs along the sandy banks of the Nile river where the sit on the eggs till a baby crocodile is hatched.
	www.nileriver.com /nile/nileinfo/nileriver.htm (937 words)

	Reptiles and Amphibians » Lizards » Crocodile - Nile Main Page
		In areas with extreme conditions, Nile Crocodiles grow to between two and three meters in length, though in more favorable climates they often attain five meters and animals around six meters in length are not unheard of.
		Nile Crocodiles are considered to be a low risk species through most of their range and are threatened in parts of their range.
		Usually Nile Crocodiles should be kept in temperatures between 80 and 85 degrees Fahrenheit with a basking spot kept between 90 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/reptiles/lizards/lzd5991.html (780 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Features \| Lord of the Nile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Two years ago, a crocodile is said to have eaten a 16- year-old shepherdess east of Lake Hamido as she tried to defend her sheep.
		Crocodile waste is also known to be a source of minerals, which enriches the nutrition base for fish in the lake.
		Since Nile crocodiles can no longer swim north past the Aswan Dam, it is clear that there is a dynamic trade smuggling them from their natural habitat in Lake Nasser.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/569/fe1.htm (1929 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Animals - Children's Zone - Nile crocodile
		The Nile crocodile is one of the largest of all the world's crocodiles.
		Nile crocodiles are thought to kill as many as 1,000 people every year but the number used to me much higher when there were more crocodiles about.
		A crocodile spends the morning basking on shore to warm itself, then it slides into the water to protect itself from the midday sun, opening its mouth in a wide yawn to allow heat to escape.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/reallywild/amazing/nile_croc.shtml (341 words)

	Crocodile
		Geographically speaking, true crocodiles live in Africa, Asia and the Americas; alligators are found in China and the southern United States; caimans live in South America and the gharial in southern Asia.
		The Nile crocodile is one of the largest of all crocodilians (the estuarine crocodile, the most aquatic and marine of all crocodilians, living in South India, Indonesia and South Australia, is reputed to be the biggest of all).
		Commercial crocodile farming is also being tried in a few countries, a small percentage of the crocodiles raised being used for restocking wild habitats, and the remainder used for skin products.
	www.yptenc.org.uk /docs/factsheets/animal_facts/crocodile.html (1055 words)

	Crocodile skins and meat
		Males crocodiles are mature at about 3 m (10 ft., approximately 10 years of age), females at about 2 m (6.5 ft., approximately 10 years of age).
		This tag remains attached whether the skin is in an unprocessed or tanned state (that is, the tag remains attached to a whole skin during and after the tanning process).
		Crocodile meat can be prepared in many forms, the simplest being loins, tail and body.
	www.ecotao.com /Crocodile/crocodile.html (671 words)

	Nile Crocodile Trade
		Skeletal bones and osteoderms of the crocodile are being used for nutritional supplements in agriculture and animal feeds, and teeth and claws are being sold primarily to tourists as curios.
		The aims of the Nile crocodile management are as follows: to maintain and increase their overall numbers to produce a sustainable harvest; to regulate and control their numbers where appropriate; to manage the crocodiles for the benefit of local communities.
		The Nile Crocodile is listed in Appendix II of the CITES appendices as "not as present endangered." The protection of the Nile crocodile can also be seen in the success of CITES, whereby the Nile crocodile has not been imported to the United States since 1973.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/NILECROC.HTM (3284 words)

	The Nile Crocodile
		Though crocodiles in general look much like alligators, they can be distinguished by their longer, narrower snout and their fourth tooth, which ticks out from the lower jaw rather than fitting neatly into the upper jaw.
		In the region south of Khartoum, often far from the banks of the Nile, near waterholes or animal herds, it may unexpectedly rise from the water with a meter-long leap to crush its victim.
		Another god associated with the crocodile was Ammut, who could be depicted as a composite mythical creature whose head, and therefore the most essential aspect, was that of a crocodile.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/crocodiles.htm (2194 words)

	Huge Nile Crocodile Picture And Info
		I have seen many Nile crocodiles on many different occasions over the years and 90% of the time they just lie on a river or dam bank, basking in the sun or drift slowly through the water.
		Nile crocodiles keep established territories in which males compete for dominance by attacking smaller suitors.
		Nile crocodile pictures of this lazy reptile taken on safari in Africa.
	www.african-safari-pictures.com /nile-crocodile.html (456 words)

	Crocodiles by Jim Cornish
		American crocodiles can be distinguished from American alligators by their longer, more narrow snouts and by their lower teeth, which are visible even when the crocodile's mouth is closed.
		The Nile crocodile is a large, lizard-shaped reptile with four short legs and a long muscular tail.
		Juvenile Nile crocodiles are dark olive to brown with darker crossbands on tail and body.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/crocodiles.htm (573 words)

	The Nile Crocodile
		Since crocodiles are capable of remaining suspended just below the water surface, the method of attack is to cruise as close as possible to the victim and then charge out of the water to seize the prey in its multi-toothed and powerful jaws.
		Highly prized for its belly skin, the crocodile was hunted indiscriminately during the early part of this century, which resulted in a wide scale decline in the population of crocodiles.
		In the 1970's the crocodile industry in Zimbabwe began to thrive which culminated in the increase of the crocodile population in the wild.
	www.african-hunter.com /the_nile_crocodile.htm (886 words)

	Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens: Things to See and Do
		Juvenile crocodiles are dark olive to brown with darker cross-bands on the tail and body.
		When fish are migrating, Nile crocodiles may form a semi-circle across the river and herd the fish.
		When a larger animal is captured, Nile crocodiles shake their heads violently from side to side or spin rapidly to break off chunks of meat to swallow.
	www.jaxzoo.org /animals/biofacts/NileCrocodile.asp (850 words)

	About Nile Crocodile
		In the who's who of crocodilians, the Nile Crocodile is one of 23 species throughout the world.
		Nile immediately developed a fondness for the crocodile adage as it was a familiar reptile like the alligator.
		The crocodile is a worthy totem as it evokes mystery, fear, and the allure of the jungle.
	www.unf.edu /~nstanley/about.htm (589 words)

	Living Library \| Nile Crocodile \| Article in Other
		Crocodiles, however, are highly opportunistic and feed to a very large extent upon the dead or disabled.
		When crocodile numbers in Botswana's Okavango Delta were reduced by unsustainable ‘harvesting' in 1970s and 1980s, the population of catfish (one of their favourite prey items) increased dramatically and repercussions were felt along the food chain and these fish impacted on other species.
		Today, sustainable crocodile farms provide ably for the trade in skins (and crocodile meat is a delicacy in some countries) and also help to re-stock areas where populations have been eliminated or are low, with youngsters.
	www.wildwatch.com /living_library/other-2/nile-crocodile (719 words)

	Fact Sheet - Nile Crocodile
		The toothy-grinned Nile crocodile is a distinctive creature of the Nile valley.
		If the temperature is high, the Nile crocodile slips into nearby water, but if the air's cool, the croc sunbathes on a riverbank to warm up.
		Even though a female croc is a force to be reckoned with, many smaller crocodiles fall prey to animals such as marabou storks, herons, ibis, turtles, and catfish.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/Animal-Bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/reptilia/crocodylia/nile-crocodile-fs.htm (682 words)

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