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Genre: Pets & Animals
Date of upload: May 20, 2023 ^^
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Over here in the UK is a zoo almost entirely dedicated to crocodilians and appropriately named "Crocodiles of the World". Located in the Cotswolds, it features at least 18 different species of crocodilian, as well as a pretty solid collection of turtles and monitor lizards. Definitely worth a visit if you ever drop by the area. ^^
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Cuban Croc. When I worked as a reptile keeper at the Bronx Zoo, we had two. One was quite large in size. Both were kept in separate enclosures on either side of the main central pool which was quite large and housed many other species. At the very rear in a separate encloure was a small Chinese alligator. I and the head keeper were away from the building on an administrative call when a panicked student docent called on the phone. The Cuban croc had escaped its quarters and was heading right for the endangered rare Chinese alligator enclosure. We headed back and found the only other keeper there had somehow managed to get a rope noose over the Cuban croc's head and he wound the end of it MANY TIMES over one of the structural columns of the building while the Cuban croc was pulling as hard as possible from the OTHER end trying to get to the Chinese alligator.
God's honest story. That is a Cuban Croc tale that is true.
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12:20 I love how that subtle difference in dentition, along with their eyes, makes crocodiles look so much more intimidating than alligators
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Man you are without a doubt one of these best educators out here on this platform. Between the precise and articulate explanations the smooth editing with the production makes for some of the best content on here but your completely sincere geekiness/complete joy you get talking about zoology is the cherry on top. It makes all of it so much more approachable for amateurs like me
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The Cuban crocodile reminds me of the extinct genus of terrestrial Australian crocodile Quinkana, which they believe had long legs, reached 6m long and was adapted to sprinting to catch prey. The craziest thing is that genus only went extinct in the last 10-20 thousand years, so the Aboriginals in Australia coexisted with these crocodiles for at least 30 000 years.
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Small correction, Sarcosuchus was actually a Crocodylomorph and therefore not the largest Crocodilian. The TRUE largest Crocodilians were actually Purussaurus Brasiliensis and Deinosuchus Hatcheri, a pair of absolutely gargantuan Crocodilians that both dwarfed Sarcosuchus. Purussaurus measured somewhere about 12 meters long and weighed 7-8 tonnes, while the even larger Deinosuchus Hatcheri is currently believed to've been somewhere around 12-14 meters long and weighed roughly 12 tonnes.
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