crocodile

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Police said Nyirenda had managed to escape the crocodile by hitting it with a stick which he had in his hands.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

“Powdered stone worked. So did lizard’s blood and crocodile dung, and pig’s teeth and dolphin’s genitalia and frog’s sperm,” as psychologist Irving Kirsch later explained it.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

The estuarine crocodile, known in Australia as the saltwater crocodile, regularly moves between rivers and the open ocean, hunting wherever prey is available.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025

“I catch crocodiles, and a crocodile has never managed to screw up my ribs like that,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

I know that to mean fake tears of a crocodile.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai