crocodile
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Some watched models carry crocodile handbags—revived from a 1920s design and finished with clasps featuring onyx—down the runway at Prada’s womenswear show last week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Some of its guests watched models carry crocodile handbags down the runway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The official signal for a sighting is the call of "crocodile, crocodile, crocodile".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"The Fitzroy River is within recognised crocodile country," it says.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
I instantly want to hide behind my partially inflated crocodile, but it’s too late.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Saltwater crocodiles - known locally as Salties - live in both freshwater and saltwater and can grow to be in excess of six metres long.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
A river that is home to about 500 saltwater crocodiles has been given the OK to host Olympic and Paralympic rowing and canoeing events at the 2032 Brisbane Games.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Most of the country's remaining known crocodiles are now found in the Sundarbans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
A new study suggests that saltwater crocodiles born or raised in captivity may not try to return to their breeding centers once they are released into the wild.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
He saw the heads of animals— boars, crocodiles, elephants, oxen, birds.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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