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Alligators and Crocodiles are considered
holdovers from the age of dinosaurs. These reptiles spend their entire lives in and
around the water, using it for hunting and even the raising of offspring.
They are similar in appearance to one another, their bodies large
and bulky, supported by legs best suited to paddling, Their heads
feature eyes and nostrils located on top of a long, toothy snout,
designed for seeing and breathing easily above the surface, while
their bodies are submerged. Although solitary animals, some species
will hunt cooperatively, using group strength to pull apart a large
animal that one could eat by itself. Click here for more info...
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A crocodile's jaws are incredibly powerful, able to
easily snap bones with about 3.5 metric tons of pressure. But all
that muscle power goes into closing their jaws, not opening them --
a person could easily hold a crocodile's jaws closed with their bare
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