crocodile

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After the crocodile ate a bird that had flown in, staff moved the reptile outside and used cinder blocks to weigh down the grate keeping it closed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The crocodile, which grows to around 16 feet and 1,000 pounds, was not.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Described in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Labrujasuchus had an appearance that would seem more at home among ostrich-like dinosaurs than crocodile relatives.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Among all living crocodile species, the saltwater crocodile is especially well adapted for life at sea.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

He put both of his hands on the edge of my bed, and at that moment I felt like a parakeet—but a tough, stand-up-for-yourself variety of parakeet—in a stare-down with a saltwater crocodile.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith