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West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) found in the forests of equitorial West Africa and are hunted for foods and hides. San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Critically Endangered
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Chobe river, Botswana
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In My C World ... no one will be oppressed nor oppressive .. the Cranes & crocodiles will sing together in the air of peaCe
Krokodilklemmen an einem Halter zum Löten von elektronischen Platinen ganz nah / Crocodile clamps on a holder for soldering electronic boards very close
When we arrived at our lodge on the banks of the Awash River and Falls in Ethiopia there were many crocodiles like this one basking on islands and at the river edge. Heavy overnight rain turned the water brown by next morning and all the crocodiles were submerged.
The saltwater crocodile is often claimed to be the largest living crocodilian. Males grow to a length of up to 6 m (20 ft), rarely exceeding 6.1 m (20 ft) or a weight of 1,000–1,075 kg (2,205–2,370 lb).
Females are much smaller and rarely surpass 3 m (9.8 ft). It is also known as the estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, marine crocodile, sea crocodile or informally as saltie.
The saltwater crocodile is a large and opportunistic hypercarnivorous apex predator. It ambushes most of its prey and then drowns or swallows it whole.
It is capable of prevailing over almost any animal that enters its territory, including other apex predators such as sharks, varieties of freshwater and saltwater fish including pelagic species, invertebrates such as crustaceans, various reptiles, birds and mammals, including humans.
This image was taken on the Adelaide River near Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia
The Dwarf Crocodile is a small species of crocodile that is natively found in the rainforests of West Africa. The Dwarf Crocodile is the smallest species of crocodile in the world (reaches approximately two metres in length) and is also one of the most distinctive with a short, broad snout and tough scales that cover their entire black body. These characteristics have led to the Dwarf Crocodile being known by a number of different names including the Broad-Snouted Crocodile, the Bony Crocodile and the Black Crocodile.
The Dwarf Crocodile is a nocturnal and generally solitary animal that hunts for small prey both in the water and on the banks in the dark. It is a cold-blooded animal meaning that it has to sunbathe to warm it's body up to give it the energy to hunt, and enter the water in order to cool it down. When in the water, Dwarf Crocodiles sink their bodies down below the surface so that only their eyes and nostrils are exposed so they are able to hide from potential predators and ambush unsuspecting prey.
Today, the Dwarf Crocodile is listed as being an animal that is Vulnerable in it's natural environment with an estimated 25,000 - 100,000 individuals thought to be left in the wild.
Statuette of Tauret dedicated by the designer Parahotep (1292-1190 BC - New Kingdom - 19th dynasty) - painted wood 41 x 17 x 21.5 cm. -
Provenance Deir el-Medina - Egyptian Museum, Turin, Italy
La dea Tauret – il cui nome significa letteralmente “la grande” – ha corpo e testa da ippopotamo, coda e dorso di coccodrillo e zampe leonine, tutti animali noti per la loro aggressività nella protezione della prole. In quanto divinità venerata soprattutto in ambiente domestico, non ha templi e statue colossali a lei dedicate: piccole statuette in terracotta e legno venivano solitamente poste nelle case per proteggere i nuovi nati o per favorire la fertilità.
The goddess Tauret-whose name literally means "the great one"-has the body and head of a hippopotamus, tail and back of a crocodile, and lion paws, all animals known for their aggressiveness in protecting their offspring. As a deity worshipped mainly in domestic settings, she has no temples or colossal statues dedicated to her: small terracotta and wooden statuettes were usually placed in homes to protect newborns or to promote fertility.