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	Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The saltwater crocodile is the largest crocodilian and the largest living reptile.
		Young saltwater crocodiles are a pale yellow color with fl stripes and spots on the body and tail.
		Saltwater crocodiles are also territorial with the best territory being held by the strongest male.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Saltwater_Crocodile.asp (289 words)

	Wikinfo \| Crocodile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Crocodiles tend to live in slow-moving rivers and feed on a wide variety of living and dead mammals and fish.
		Confusingly, in northern Australia the Saltwater Crocodile is sometimes called an "alligator", which it is not, and the smaller Freshwater Crocodile called a "crocodile".
		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)

	Scary Animals - Crocodile
		Crocodiles tend to congregate in slow-moving rivers and lakes, and feed on a wide variety of living and dead mammals and fish.
		Crocodiles are more closely related to birds and dinosaurs than to most animals classified as reptiles (though all of these are thought to probably be more closely related to each other than to Testudines (turtles and tortoises), and have correspondingly unusual features for reptiles, such as a four-chambered heart.
		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.
	www.sheppardsoftware.com /animalpages/animal-dangerous-6.htm (758 words)

	Australian Saltwater Crocodile (Estuarine Crocodile) - Crocodylus porosus
		The Australian saltwater crocodile is one of the most aggressive and dangerous crocodiles.
		Juvenile Australian saltwater crocodiles are yellow in colour with fl stripes and spots.
		Australian saltwater crocodiles were once hunted extensively by humans for their hide, which is the most valuable of all the crocodiles.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/crocodile/asc.html (700 words)

	Darwin Crocodile Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There are 22 species of crocodiles world-wide, two of which are endemic to Australia: the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) and the freshwater or Johnston's River crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni).
		It is estimated that 270,000 saltwater crocodile hides plus 200 to 300,000 freshwater crocodile hides were exported in the 15 years prior to 1972.
		Crocodile farming licences were issued with the intention that young crocodiles harvested from the wild could be commercially utilised and the farms could provide a home for any larger animals threatening human populations.
	www.crocfarm.com.au /australia.asp (475 words)

	Australian Museum - Wild Kids - Reptiles - Saltwater Crocodile
		Crocodiles pull their prey under the water and 'death roll' it to drown it.
		Saltwater Crocodiles are found in coastal rivers, estuaries, swamps and billabongs.
		Saltwater Crocodiles silently stalk their prey or sit and wait for prey to come past.
	www.amonline.net.au /wild_kids/reptiles/crocodile.htm (240 words)

	Crocodylus porosus
		Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus SCHNEIDER 1801) is distributed throughout the coastal regions of northern Australia, from Broome in Western Australia to Rockhampton in Queensland.
		Saltwater crocodiles are found in higher densities in areas with a good food supply and abundant nesting areas, where recruitment into the population is higher.
		Saltwater crocodiles are mound nesters, using a variety of grasses and other materials.
	www.kingsnake.com /oz/crocs/porosus.htm (1305 words)

	Saltwater Crocodile - Animal Details
		The saltwater crocodile, or "salty," is the largest living reptile in the world.
		Saltwater crocodiles are designed for an aquatic environment, possessing clear eyelids that enable them to see underwater, flaps of skin that keep water out of their throat and ears, and webbed rear feet that aid in swimming.
		Although other crocodiles have undeserved reputations as man-eaters, the saltwater crocodile is actually quite dangerous and will even attack people in boats.
	members.tripod.com /rc-anodizing/PEZT/animalsZT/saltwatercrocodile.htm (725 words)

	Section B - Saltwater and American Crocodiles
		The saltwater crocodile occurs across South East Asia to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and tropical Australian waters, and the American crocodile is found from Florida in the USA, south through the Caribbean islands and along the Central American coast to Ecuador and Colombia.
		Crocodile eggs have a calcareous "chicken-egg" like shell, and up to 80 are laid in the central chamber of a carefully constructed nests that is guarded by the mother.
		The saltwater crocodile scrapes up a large mound of grass, other plant material and soil, and deposits the eggs inside, while the American crocodile is more likely to bury her eggs in a hole on an open, sandy beach.
	www.reef.edu.au /asp_pages/secb.asp?FormNo=56 (1017 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The saltwater crocodile is most commonly found on the coasts of northern Australia, and the islands of New Guinea and Indonesia.
		The saltwater crocodile is thought of as one of the most intelligent and sophisticated of all reptiles.
		The saltwater crocodile can be a very dangerous animal to encounter, and humans are attacked and killed by this species every year.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/lizard/saltwatercroc.html (1164 words)

	crocodile — FactMonster.com
		Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water.
		The female crocodile deposits her eggs, usually about 20 in number, in a nest of rotting vegetation or in a shallow pit on the river bank, and digs them up when she hears them hatching.
		The largest crocodile (the saltwater crocodile) is often 14 ft (4.3 m) long and may exceed 20 ft (6 m) in length.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0814076.html (478 words)

	IWMC.org - Crocodiles And Sustainable Use In The Northern Territory
		The market for Saltwater crocodile skins increased, spotlight hunting developed, and the fishermen working the remote north coast found an abundant new resource that could be harvested.
		The result was that crocodiles ceased to be an abundant, common animal in the rivers, although strongholds still existed in remote swamps.
		Crocodiles are tenacious survivors, and if their habitats are intact, depleted populations can recover surprisingly quickly if their habitats are intact and they are given the opportunity.
	www.iwmc.org /reptiles/010322.htm (934 words)

	American Crocodile - Crocodylus acutus
		The American crocodile is perhaps one of the largest species of crocodiles.
		American crocodiles have conical, pointed teeth on the top jaw which interlock with those on the bottom jaw.
		American crocodiles prefer saltwater, and are found primarily in saltwater swamps and marshes, sometimes swimming into the ocean.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/crocodile/amercroc.html (748 words)

	Species Accounts: cporo.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The saltwater crocodile, along with the gharial, is the largest of the living crocodilians, with reported lengths of up to 6—7m.
		Saltwater crocodiles are the most widely distributed of the crocodilians, ranging from southern India and Sri Lanka, throughout southeast Asia and the Indo-Malay Archipelago, to the Philippines, New Guinea and northern Australia.
		Saltwater crocodiles persisted in southern Vietnam and the Mekong delta until 10 or 20 years ago but recent extensive habitat degradation and direct killing of crocodiles has greatly reduced the population and no more than 100 are thought to survive in the wild (Cuc 1994).
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/herpetology/act-plan/cporo.htm (3044 words)

	Crocodylus johnstoni
		Unlike saltwater crocodiles, adult freshwater crocodiles will still take small prey as well as larger prey such as amphibians, reptiles, bats, birds, and primarily fish (for which their jaws are suited).
		Like saltwater crocodiles, it is cannibalism which is one of the major causes of mortality in young crocodiles.
		The population of crocodiles (saltwater and freshwater) is kept in check by cannibalism - larger crocodiles are a significant cause of juvenile mortality.
	www.kingsnake.com /oz/crocs/johnstoni.htm (1139 words)

	Saltwater Crocodile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saltwater crocodiles are known in the Northern Territory of Australia as 'salties'.
		Saltwater crocodiles generally spend the tropical wet season in freshwater swamps and rivers, moving downstream to estuaries in the dry season, and sometimes travelling far out to sea.
		Saltwater crocodiles are severely depleted in numbers throughout the vast majority of their range, with sightings in areas such as Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam becoming extremely rare.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saltwater_Crocodile (1156 words)

	The Cardamom Project: Siamese Crocodile
		Also known as the Soft-belly crocodile, the Siamese crocodile had been considered virtually extinct in the wild, but FFI's discovery in 2000 of "apparently intact populations" in the rivers and marshes of the Central Cardamom Mountains is cause for celebration and renewed action.
		Siamese crocodiles have been bred extensively in captivity, but captive crocodiles are of very mixed geographic and genetic origin, and have frequently been hybridized with Cuban or Saltwater crocodiles for commercial purposes.
		The Siamese crocodile's skin is considered to be extremely valuable, which, ironically enough, may actually prove to be a boon for conservation, as it means there are economic as well as environmental imperatives for keeping the species alive.
	www.cardamom.org /crocodile.html (443 words)

	India4u - Travel - Wildlife - Crocodile
		In India, the estuarine crocodile is restricted in its distribution to the tidal estuaries, marine swamps, coastal brackish water lakes and lower reaches of the larger rivers.
		The saltwater crocodile has a vast geographical range that extends from Cochin on the west coast of India to the Sunderbans in West Bengal and to the Andaman Islands.
		In the field, the Mugger and the saltwater crocodile are difficult to distinguish from each other, but normally they do not occur together.
	www.india4u.com /wildlife/Crocodile.asp (1833 words)

	Crocodylus porosus, Saltwater Crocodile at MarineBio.org
		Saltwater crocodiles are extremely dangerous resulting in several attacks to humans annually, sometimes resulting in death.
		Saltwater crocodile leather is in high demand, and crocodile farms are establish to raise crocodiles solely for their hides.
		Saltwater crocodiles are not yet officially threatened, however in many countries populations have declined significantly.
	www.marinebio.com /species.asp?id=187 (1148 words)

	Reptiles and Amphibians » Lizards » Crocodile - Saltwater Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Saltwater Crocodiles are found in brackish waters, where seawater meets freshwater.
		Saltwater Crocodiles are not known to make docile pets as a general rule.
		Usually adult Saltwater Crocodiles are brown or gray in color, though juveniles are often yellowish and some melanistic adult populations have been noted.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/reptiles/lizards/lzd5990.html (766 words)

	The saltwater crocodile - a living dinosaur
		The Australian 'salty' is the largest Crocodile in the world, growing to 6.2 m (20.3 ft) and weighing 1.5 tonnes.
		Although Crocodiles now see humans as a food source, in days past they saw humans as a predator to be feared.
		For Crocodiles, this ensures there is a bountiful supply of Wallabies, Kangaroos, rabbits, pigs, horses and water buffalo to feast on.
	www.convictcreations.com /animals/crocodile.htm (871 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassificat
		The saltwater crocodile occupies a variety of tidal and non-tidal habitats across northern Australia from Maryborough on the Queensland east coast to Broome on the Western Australian west coast.
		A proposal was submitted by Australia to the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES in Ft. Lauderdale in November 1994 to retain the Australian population of the saltwater crocodile in Appendix II pursuant to resolution Conf.
		The proposal reported that saltwater crocodile populations in the Northern Territories had increased by 50 percent since ranching was introduced in 1984, and that the 1993 population estimate ``scaled from the 1984 estimate'' of 40,000 was around 60,000 individuals.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-SPECIES/1996/June/Day-24/pr-10176.html (9941 words)

	Crocodile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crocodiles tend to congregate in freshwater habitats like rivers and lakes and wetlands and sometimes in brackish water.
		In the town of Normanton, Queensland, Australia, there is a fibreglass mould of a crocodile called "Krys the Croc.," shot in 1958 by Krystina Pawloski, who found the animal on a sandbank on the Norman River.
		In the Disney movie The Emperor's New Groove and corresponding TV shows and sequels, the villain, Yzma, has a pet crocodile that lives in a chamber that is accessed by a lever next to another lever that accesses her secret lab.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crocodile (2066 words)

	Saltwater Crocodile
		The Saltwater Crocodile has been reported to grow to lengths of 7 metres!, but the average size of a Saltwater Crocodile is 4 metres long.
		When the crocodiles are born, only a very small number of these survive in the wild and grow to be adult crocodiles.
		The crocodile is now a protected species in Australia, however if human danger is a factor, the crocodile will be moved away from possible contact.
	www.australianfauna.com /saltwatercrocodile.php (210 words)

	Sydney Aquarium - Web Cams
		Sunday 3:39:13 AM The Saltwater Crocodile is the continent’s largest land predator.
		Saltwater Crocodiles are efficient predators which specialise in hunting at the water’s edge.
		Crocodiles have salt glands on their tongue to enable them to shed excess salt.
	www.sydneyaquarium.com.au /Interact/INT021.asp (154 words)

	Crocodile Adventures - Activities - Crocodiles
		This shy reptile, growing to a length of 3m, is distinguished from the saltwater crocodile by its long narrow snout.
		The Australian Saltwater Crocodile is correctly known as the Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) and is found in the northern parts of Australia and South-East Asia.
		Estuarine crocodiles are the largest growing of all crocodilian species and are the world’s largest living reptile.
	www.crocodileadventures.com /activities-crocodiles.htm (301 words)

	Crocodilian Species - Australian Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Saltwater crocodiles take a wide variety of prey, although juveniles are restricted to smaller items such as insects, amphibians, crustaceans, small reptiles and fish.
		The commercial value of the hide is very high (the most valuable of any crocodile species), due to the lack of ventral osteoderms which otherwise make tanning difficult, and the size and shape of the belly scales.
		A trial harvest of wild, adult crocodiles involving aboriginal communities was started in 1997 - the first time crocodiles had been legally hunted in the Northern Territory for 26 years.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/csp_cpor.htm (1808 words)

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