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	Crocodile
		The crocodiles are large reptiles that live in a large portion of the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
		Crocodiles tend to live in slow-moving rivers and feed on a wide variety of living and dead mammals and fish.
		Crocodiles in the wild are a protected species, but they also are farmed commercially in special Crocodile Farms, and their hide is tanned into leather and used to make handbags, boots etc, while crocodile meat is considered a delicacy by connoisseurs.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cr/Crocodile.html (208 words)

	The Cardamom Project: Siamese Crocodile (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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.cob-web.org:8888 /crocodile.html (451 words)

	Informat.io on Crocodile
		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.
		The crocodile experts said as per the parameters, the crocodile would be about 7.62 m since the size of the skull was measured one seventh of the total length of the body.
		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').
	www.informat.io /?title=crocodile (2053 words)

	crocodile
		Crocodiles can grow up to 7 m/23 ft in length, and have long, powerful tails that propel them when swimming.
		Young crocodiles eat worms and insects, but as they mature they add frogs and small fish to their diet.
		Osteolaemus tetraspis, the dwarf crocodile, reaches only 2 m/6.6 ft in length and is found in the tropical forests of west and central Africa.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007554.html (586 words)

	Wikinfo \| Crocodile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The crocodiles, often just called crocs, are reptiles that live in a large portion of the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
		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)

	Crocodile Summary
		Crocodiles have long been hunted for their hides, and almost all species of crocodilians are now considered to be in danger of extinction.
		Despite their slow appearance, crocodiles are the top predators in their environment, and various species have been observed attacking and killing lions, large ungulates and even sharks.
		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).
	www.bookrags.com /Crocodile (2134 words)

	Save the Siamese Crocodile
		Siamese crocodiles formally lived on the islands of Java and Borneo, in Vietnam, and in nearby parts of Asia.
		One reason why the Siamese crocodile is endangered is habitat destruction due to conversion of land used for farming.
		The Siamese crocodiles that are used for food and skin are hybrids that are bred in captivity.
	www.mccsc.edu /~jcmslib/silver/crocodile (578 words)

	Asia Times
		Crocodile meat and hide are becoming popular in parts of Asia, particularly China, which is why Vietnam is aiming to follow the export trail of some of the countries in the region.
		Keeping a crocodile in the family pond is thus very popular in southern parts of the country.
		A crocodile needs to be fed at least three kilos of food per week, including duck or chicken eggs, fish and intestines.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/southeast_asia/DH20Ae02.html (966 words)

	CROCODILES
		Crocodiles tend to congregate in slow-moving rivers and lakes, and feed on a wide variety of living and dead mammals and fish.
		The first crocodile was shot in the Mary River in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1974 by poachers and measured by wildlife rangers.
		The Largest Crocodile ever held in captivity is an Estuarine/Siamese hybrid named "YAI" (Born10 June 1972) at the famous Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, Thailand.
	www.solarnavigator.net /animal_kingdom/reptiles/crocodiles.htm (1545 words)

	AWC - Social Activity
		It is suggested that the crocodile is not a threat to humans as long as he is given ample room to escape.
		First of all, the first camera-trap photograph of a Siamese crocodile from Thailand was taken in March 2001 by a field team from Royal Forest Department and WCS, in the course of a tiger survey.
		The occurrence of the Siamese crocodiles in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary.
	www.asianwildlife.com /social/crocodile.htm (3910 words)

	Crocodilian Species - Siamese Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Siamese crocodile, Siamese freshwater crocodile, Singapore small-grain, Cocodrilo de Siam, Crocodile du Siam, Buaja, Buaya kodok, Jara Kaenumchued, Soft-belly
		Siamese), derived from siam + ensis (Latin for "belonging to")
		The Siamese crocodile has a critical status in the wild (i.e.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/csp_csia.htm (768 words)

	crocodilelake
		Siamese crocodiles were hunted out for their meat or captured and put into farms before and during the Vietnam War.
		The result being that Siamese crocodiles haven't been seen in the wild in Vietnam since the war.
		WWF Volunteer Murphy told me, “We go Crocodile spotting once a month, after dark during the middle of the lunar month just to monitor the density of numbers.” The spotters take a rowing boat in a circuitous route around the lake waiting to pick up the tell tale red eyes in the torch light beam.
	homepage.mac.com /graham.holliday/crocodilelake.htm (1241 words)

	Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)
		"Crocodile farms can be seen everywhere there, and the market price was as low as 40 yuan (US$5) to 60 yuan a kilogram," said Wang.
		The meat and bones of Siamese crocodiles are edible and full of protein.
		Wild Siamese crocodiles are indigenous to southeastern Asian countries, such as Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Malaysia.
	www.growfish.com.au /content.asp?ContentId=7729 (390 words)

	Conservationalist 11/01:
		The Siamese crocodile Crocodylus siamensis was once widespread and common throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
		Then in 2000, a number of Siamese crocodiles were found during the first ever biodiversity survey of the Cardamom Mountains of Southwest Cambodia.
		Happily, they have a deep cultural respect for the crocodiles (I was not even allowed to go near the crocodiles until the village elders had performed an elaborate prayer ceremony!).
	www.colszoo.org /Conservation/2001/connews/cn12.html (769 words)

	Cuban Crocodile - Crocodylus rhombifer
		The Cuban crocodile is a rare species and closely resembles its cousin, the American crocodile.
		Cuban crocodiles control their body temperatures by staying in the warm water at night and sunbathing on the land during the day.
		100 hybrids of the Cuban crocodile and Siamese crocodile are in captivity throughout Vietnam.
	www.angelfire.com /mo2/animals1/crocodile/cubcroc.html (779 words)

	The Siamese Crocodile [print-friendly] : Utah's Hogle Zoo
		The Siamese Crocodile [print-friendly] : Utah's Hogle Zoo
		When an animal comes to drink, the crocodile attacks suddenly, dragging the prey down into the water where it is drowned and eaten.
		The Siamese crocodile is virtually extinct in the wild, because it was hunted and killed for its skin, However, the highly prized skin has probably saved this species.
	www.hoglezoo.org /animals/printable.php?id=13 (581 words)

	Siamese Crocodile
		Until recently, scientists believed that the Siamese crocodile may be extinct in the wild, since the last known population in Thailand had vanished in the 1980s.
		WCS field scientists have identified what may be the last Siamese crocodile population in Laos, and are developing plans to work with the Lao government to develop a national crocodile conservation plan.
		Emerging from decades of civil war and bloodshed, Cambodia is an important nation for the conservation of the critically endangered Siamese crocodile.
	savingwildplaces.com /swp-home/swp-crocodile/siamesecrocodile (262 words)

	FFI Asia-Pacific - Cambodian Crocodile Conservation Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Assess the status, ecology and distribution of Siamese crocodiles in the Cardamom Mountains.
		The 'mountain crocodiles' are now high on Cambodia's list of conservation priorities and they are becoming a potent flagship for threatened wetlands and waterways.
		The Siamese crocodiles continue to be highly sought after by unscrupulous crocodile farms and poachers throughout Asia, however an adult crocodile fetches up to $2,000 on the fl market (cf the national average per capita income of $270 per year), and a high percentage of individuals are still being taken each year.
	www.fauna-flora.org /asia_pacific/crocodile.html (423 words)

	Siamese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Siamese crocodile was thought be almost extinct.
		The only known siamese crocodiles were in the Laos and Cambodia zoo.
		The Siamese crocodile was named this because it was first found in Siam.
	library.thinkquest.org /04apr/01293/siamese.html (100 words)

	Welcome to the Mark O'Shea.tv website.
		Siamese crocodiles possess a pair of raised post-occipital scutes on either side of the neck which are absent in the Saltwater crocodiles which is sometimes called the naked-neck crocodile.
		Siamese crocs are thought to grow up to 13 feet long with formidable dentistry.
		As he lowered his camera on a pole to within inches of a crocodile’s jaws, we were all salivating over the shot when the croc spoiled the party with one violent swipe of its head.
	www.markoshea.tv /series3/series03-03b.html (1188 words)

	Cambodia's crocodile fever cools as industry reaches crucial crossroads
		Even though trade is allowed under permit for the farmed crocodile, the gloom in the industry is palpable and the list of complaints mount.
		Some 42,000 live crocodiles were officially exported in 2002, around two-thirds to China and the remainder to Vietnam, believed to be much less than the actual figure, activists say.
		The other fear is of hybrid farmed crocodiles -- crosses between Siamese crocodiles with other more aggressive species -- escaping and threatening the genetic purity of the few left in the wild.
	www.cambodianonline.net /articles2004133.htm (568 words)

	Crocodile Adoptions
		Alligators and crocodiles are among the oldest, largest and most advanced reptiles on earth.
		4 of the 23 species of crocodile, alligator, caimans and gharials are considered critically endangered; these are the Chinese Alligator, the Philippine crocodile, the Siamese crocodile, and the Orinoco crocodile.
		By adopting a crocodile or an alligator you are helping to support the work of conservation groups, providing vital funding necessary to carry out their campaigning and efforts to improve and preserve the wildlife and their habitat.
	www.adoption.co.uk /crocodile/index.html (284 words)

	Interesting Siamese Crocodile Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Wild Siamese crocodiles are known to eat fish.
		Siamese crocodiles in captivity are also fed chickens with the feathers removed.
		The skin of the Siamese crocodile is one of the most valuable reptile hides.
	www.mccsc.edu /~jcmslib/silver/crocodile/siamcroc4.htm (245 words)

	Crocodile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Crocodile Hunter franchise, starring the late Steve Irwin, crocodiles are seen in almost every episode, which should come as no surprise given the name of the franchise.
		Steve Irwin himself personally admired crocodiles, and one of the activities he was known for doing is feeding crocodiles at the Australia Zoo.
		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 (2240 words)

	Crocodile Alligator Facts Rainforest Adventures
		Large concentrations of the Orinoco Crocodile were often encountered by hunters as the animals would tend to congregate at shrinking water sources during the dry season, this factor coupled with many others led to the virtual extinction of the Orinoco Crocodile.
		The young crocodiles are allowed to stay near their mother for as many as 2 years while they grow large enough to defend themselves.
		The Siamese Crocodile is sadly one of the species that has not seen a reverse trend in the depletion of wild stocks, the future does not look promising for this magnificent animal.
	www.rfadventures.com /croc_facts.htm (6719 words)

	Scary Animals - Crocodile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The crocodile's bite strength is up to 3000 pounds per square inch, comparing to just 100 psi for a large dog.
		The two largest crocodiles in captivity are Cassius at Marineland Melanesia on Green Island, Australia and Yai, a saltwater/siamese hybrid.
		The two largest certifiable records of complete crocodile are both of 20.3-ft (6.2 m) crocodiles.
	www.sheppardsoftware.com /animalpages/animal-dangerous-6.htm (758 words)

	Welcome to the Mark O'Shea.tv website.
		A freshwater species with isolated populations in several S.E.Asian countries, the Siamese crocodile is almost extinct in the wild in the country for which it was named, Siam, now called Thailand.
		Although there are characteristics which can be used to separate pure Siamese crocodiles from pure Saltwater crocodiles, the large number of hybrids with variable characters in the farms means that Yosapong must rely more on DNA than visual differences to locate his founder stock.
		However they were hybridised with Saltwater crocodiles (C.porosus), for the quality skin of the Siamese combined with the rapid growth of the saltie.
	www.markoshea.tv /series3/series03-03a.html (817 words)

	Once thought extinct, Siamese crocodile is photographed in Siam
		Except for a single animal that has lived in a park for years, scientists believed the Siamese crocodile was extinct in Thailand until this discovery.
		A follow-up survey in the area by WCS conservationist Dr. Steve Platt revealed tracks from a smaller crocodile a few miles from where the first one was photographed.
		Up until the early 1990s, Siamese crocodiles were thought to be extinct in the wild throughout its former range, which included Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia, along with Thailand.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2001-04/WCS-OteS-1804101.php (472 words)

	Ultimate Explorer:Siamese Crocs - National Geographic Ultimate Explorer - MSNBC.com
		Siamese crocodiles were once found over most of Southeast Asia, but during the past century — when their fatally fashionable hides became a lucrative commodity — hunting and trapping all but wiped out the entire species.
		Today, only a handful of Siamese crocodiles is known to exist in the wild and their chance of making a comeback on their on own is tenuous.
		While Barr has captured some of the world’s biggest and most elusive crocs, Siamese crocodiles are wary and shy, and may prove to be his biggest challenge yet.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3660583 (534 words)

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