Large, long-tailed reptiles, including caimans, of the order Loricata.
Cold-blooded, air-breathing VERTEBRATES belonging to the class Reptilia, usually covered with external scales or bony plates.
A republic in western Africa, southwest of ALGERIA and west of MALI. Its capital is Nouakchott.
A belief or practice which lacks adequate basis for proof; an embodiment of fear of the unknown, magic, and ignorance.
A republic in central Africa, east of NIGER, west of SUDAN and south of LIBYA. Its capital is N'Djamena.
General name for two extinct orders of reptiles from the Mesozoic era: Saurischia and Ornithischia.
The rigid framework of connected bones that gives form to the body, protects and supports its soft organs and tissues, and provides attachments for MUSCLES.
A family of snakes comprising the boas, anacondas, and pythons. They occupy a variety of habitats through the tropics and subtropics and are arboreal, aquatic or fossorial (burrowing). Some are oviparous, others ovoviviparous. Contrary to popular opinion, they do not crush the bones of their victims: their coils exert enough pressure to stop a prey's breathing, thus suffocating it. There are five subfamilies: Boinae, Bolyerinae, Erycinae, Pythoninae, and Tropidophiinae. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p315-320)
The geographical area of Africa comprising ALGERIA; EGYPT; LIBYA; MOROCCO; and TUNISIA. It includes also the vast deserts and oases of the Sahara. It is often referred to as North Africa, French-speaking Africa, or the Maghreb. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p856)

Temperature-dependent sex determination: upregulation of SOX9 expression after commitment to male development. (1/262)

In mammals, birds and reptiles the morphological development of the gonads appear to be conserved. This conservation is evident despite the different sex determining switches employed by these vertebrate groups. Mammals exhibit chromosomal sex determination (CSD) where the key sex determining switch is the Y-linked gene, SRY. Although SRY is the trigger for testis determination in mammals, it is not conserved in other vertebrate groups. However, a gene closely related to SRY, the highly conserved transcription factor, SOX9, plays an important role in the testis pathway of mammals and birds. In contrast to the CSD mechanism evident in mammals and birds, many reptiles exhibit temperature dependent sex determination (TSD) where the egg incubation temperature triggers sex determination. Here we examine the expression of SOX9 during gonadogenesis in the American alligator, (Alligator mississippiensis), a reptile that exhibits TSD. Alligator SOX9 is expressed in the embryonic testis but not in the ovary. However, the timing of SOX9 upregulation in the developing testis is not consistent with a role for this gene in the early stages of alligator sex determination. Since SOX9 upregulation in male embryos coincides with the structural organisation of the testis, SOX9 may operate farther downstream in the vertebrate sex differentiation pathway than previously postulated.  (+info)

The existence of Merkel cells in the lingual connective tissue of the Surinam caiman, Caiman crocodilus crocodilus (order Crocodilia). (2/262)

The tongue of the Surinam caiman (a reptilian species) was studied by light microscopy including immunohistochemistry for protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5), and transmission electron microscopy. The connective tissue immediately under taste buds housed a cluster of cells immunoreactive for PGP 9.5. These cells synapsed on nerves, and their cytoplasm contained characteristic granules of 90 nm in the mean diameter, glycogen particles, and bundles of intermediate filaments. In light of these ultrastructural features, they were identified as Merkel cells. The Merkel cells were also surrounded by Schwann cells. These findings indicate that the present Merkel cell-neurite-Schwann cell complex is comparable to the avian Merkel corpuscle. On the basis of the granule localization in the cytoplasm, the caiman Merkel cell was presumed to be involved in not only mechanoreception but also endocrine or paracrine functions.  (+info)

Origin of gene overlap: the case of TCP1 and ACAT2. (3/262)

The human acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 2 gene, ACAT2, codes for a thiolase, an enzyme involved in lipid metabolism. The human T-complex protein 1 gene, TCP1, encodes a molecular chaperone of the chaperonin family. The two genes overlap by their 3'-untranslated regions, their coding sequences being located on opposite DNA strands in a tail-to-tail orientation. To find out how the overlap might have arisen in evolution, the homologous genes of the zebrafish, the African toad, caiman, platypus, opossum, and wallaby were identified. In each species, standard or long polymerase chain reactions were used to determine whether the ACAT2 and TCP1 homologs are closely linked and, if so, whether they overlap. The results reveal that the overlap apparently arose during the transition from therapsid reptiles to mammals and has been retained for >200 million years. Part of the overlapping untranslated region shows remarkable sequence conservation. The overlap presumably arose during the chromosomal rearrangement that brought the two unrelated and previously separated genes together. One or both of the transposed genes found by chance signals that are necessary for the processing of their transcripts to be present on the noncoding strand of the partner gene.  (+info)

Identification and characterization of proteins synthesized de novo and secreted by the reproductive tract of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. (4/262)

The objectives of this study were to identify, characterize and examine differences in proteins synthesized de novo and secreted by different regions of the reproductive tract of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, during three reproductive (vitellogenic, gravid, post-clutch) and one non-reproductive state. After capture, alligators from lakes in north central Florida were anaesthetized, the reproductive tract excised aseptically, the size of any follicle determined, and different functional regions of the tract dissected out and partitioned for explant culture. Analysis of the biosynthetic activity indicated regional variations within the tract, differences among reproductive groups and region by status interactions. When oviductal regions were considered regardless of reproductive status, the greatest incorporation of [3H]Leu into secreted nondialysable macromolecules was by the anterior and posterior infundibulum and oviductal tube compared with the transition zone and the uterus. When status was included, the biosynthetic activity of the anterior and posterior portion of the tract in non-reproductive alligators was not different, whereas that of the posterior region of the reproductive group (vitellogenic, gravid, post-clutch) was significantly lower than that of the anterior region. This finding indicates that regulation of protein synthesis and secretion by the non-reproductive alligator tract is different from that in the tract of the reproductive group. Explant-conditioned media were analysed by one-dimensional and two-dimensional SDS-PAGE and fluorography. Sixteen major proteins in culture media were identified as de novo synthesized, by relative molecular weight, by isoelectric point and by differences in distribution determined for reproductive status and oviductal region. Six proteins were examined by N-terminal amino acid microsequence analysis. On the basis of a 29 amino acid sequence, the major oviductal protein, alligator protein 1 (aP1: M(r) 55,000, basic), found in the infundibulum and tube of vitellogenic alligators, was identical to the major protein isolated from alligator egg albumen. Four proteins (aP4-aP7) were sequenced and shown to be significantly related to immunoglobulin heavy chains from several species. This study demonstrated that a large number of proteins are synthesized de novo and released by the female alligator reproductive tract and that there are biosynthetic activity differences by reproductive status and region. Six proteins have been identified, several of which may be incorporated into alligator egg albumen and some of which appear to be different from proteins found in the egg albumens of other species.  (+info)

What determines the bending strength of compact bone? (5/262)

The bending strength of a wide variety of bony types is shown to be nearly linearly proportional to Young's modulus of elasticity/100. A somewhat closer and more satisfactory fit is obtained if account is taken of the variation of yield strain with Young's modulus. This finding strongly suggests that bending strength is determined by the yield strain. The yield stress in tension, which might be expected to predict the bending strength, underestimates the true bending strength by approximately 40 %. This may be explained by two phenomena. (1) The post-yield deformation of the bone material allows a greater bending moment to be exerted after the yield point has been reached, thereby increasing the strength as calculated from beam formulae. (2) Loading in bending results in a much smaller proportion of the volume of the specimens being raised to high stresses than is the case in tension, and this reduces the likelihood of a weak part of the specimen being loaded to failure.  (+info)

Evolution of the ventricles. (6/262)

We studied the evolution of ventricles by macroscopic examination of the hearts of marine cartilaginous and bony fish, and by angiocardiography and gross examination of the hearts of air-breathing freshwater fish, frogs, turtles, snakes, and crocodiles. A right-sided, thin-walled ventricular lumen is seen in the fish, frog, turtle, and snake. In fish, there is external symmetry of the ventricle, internal asymmetry, and a thick-walled left ventricle with a small inlet chamber. In animals such as frogs, turtles, and snakes, the left ventricle exists as a small-cavitied contractile sponge. The high pressure generated by this spongy left ventricle, the direction of the jet, the ventriculoarterial orientation, and the bulbar spiral valve in the frog help to separate the systemic and pulmonary circulations. In the crocodile, the right aorta is connected to the left ventricle, and there is a complete interventricular septum and an improved left ventricular lumen when compared with turtles and snakes. The heart is housed in a rigid pericardial cavity in the shark, possibly to protect it from changing underwater pressure. The pericardial cavity in various species permits movements of the heart-which vary depending on the ventriculoarterial orientation and need for the ventricle to generate torque or spin on the ejected blood- that favor run-off into the appropriate arteries and their branches. In the lower species, it is not clear whether the spongy myocardium contributes to myocardial oxygenation. In human beings, spongy myocardium constitutes a rare form of congenital heart disease.  (+info)

Reptilian chemistry: characterization of dianeackerone, a secretory product from a crocodile. (7/262)

The major volatile component in the paracloacal glandular secretion of the adult African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis) was isolated and characterized as a 19-carbon aromatic ketone, dianeackerone (3,7-diethyl-9-phenyl-2-nonanone). This ketone is absent from the secretion of immatures. Careful examination of dianeackerone samples isolated from individual adults revealed that this ketone occurs as both the (3S, 7S) and (3S, 7R) stereoisomers, with different individuals presenting strikingly different ratios of the isomeric forms. Our initial suspicion that the stereoisomeric dianeackerones might be indicators of gender proved untenable, leaving the role of these glandular constituents a challenge for future study.  (+info)

Reptilian chemistry: characterization of a family of dianeackerone-related steroidal esters from a crocodile secretion. (8/262)

The African dwarf crocodile, Osteolaemus tetraspis (Crocodilidae, Reptilia), possesses a pair of skin glands, the paracloacal glands, the secretion of which is thought to be used to mark nest sites or attract mates. Ten aromatic steroidal esters were isolated from this secretion and characterized on the basis of NMR spectroscopic investigations, electrospray ionization-MS analyses, and chemical degradation. These esters, which account for more than 90% of the paracloacal glandular secretion, are derived from either cholesterol or cholestanol, esterified with a C-20 or C-22 acid closely related to dianeackerone, the only significant volatile compound found in this secretion.  (+info)

Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to 4.6 m (11.2 to 15.1 ft) in length, and can weigh up to 453 kg (999 lb). Females are smaller, measuring 2.6 to 3 m (8.5 to 9.8 ft) in length. The American alligator inhabits freshwater wetlands, such as marshes and cypress swamps from Texas to southeastern and coastal North Carolina. It is distinguished from the sympatric American crocodile by its broader snout, with overlapping jaws and darker coloration, and is less tolerant of saltwater but more tolerant of cooler climates than the American crocodile, which is found only in tropical climates. American alligators are apex predators and consume fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Hatchlings feed mostly on invertebrates. They play an important role as ecosystem engineers in wetland ecosystems through the creation of alligator holes, which provide both wet and dry habitats for other organisms. Throughout the year, in particular during the breeding season, American alligators bellow to ...
We examined indices of salt gland function both in vivo and in vitro and the ultrastructual morphology of the salt secreting tissue of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus to determine its long-term adaptive capacity and phenotypic plasticity following chronic exposure to hypo- and hyperosmotic environmental conditions. As previously established, salt glands play a pivotal role in the maintenance of osmotic homeostasis in C. porosus living in hyperosmotic conditions. However, little was known about long-term effects of prolonged exposure to hyperosmotic environments on the maintenance of osmotic homeostasis. All haematological values measured in this study for SW-acclimated animals were within the ranges reported for wild-caught C. porosus living in water bodies of varying salinities (Grigg, 1981; Wells et al., 1991), suggesting that SW-acclimated crocodiles were able to successfully maintain osmotic homeostasis despite extended exposure to hyperosmotic conditions. Moreover, extended ...
Floridas fearsome lord of the swamps, the American alligator, ranks sixth in the world in the power of its bite.The strongest bite belongs to the saltwater crocodile, a Pacific ocean species
The saltwater crocodile is most commonly found on the coasts of northern Australia, and the islands of New Guinea and Indonesia. It ranges west as far as the shores of Sri Lanka and eastern India, all
The (maximal) bite force of the Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is estimated around 22,000 Newton (refer to YouTube interview with Ofer Kobi, a crocodile conservation ranger and croc farm owner, time 7:50-8:00, Hebrew , where he estimates the bite force as above 2 metric tons). However, I didnt find a proper reference for this. Dr. Gregory Erickson measured the bite forces of a 5.2 meters long Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) and obtained a value of about 16,000+ Newton and estimated a 6.7 meters long Saltwater Crocodile can exert a bite twice as strong (about 34,000 Newton). See Paper by Gregory Erickson et al. Interesting to note that Erickson measured small Nile Crocodile (total body length , 3 meters) so it does not represent the bite force of a full adult big crocodile.. Remarks on units of force:. 1 Newton = 1 kg * 1 meter / sec^2. $1 \ \mathrm{Newton} = \frac{\mathrm{kg} \times \mathrm{meter}}{\mathrm{second}^2}$. 1 Newton = 0.224808943 lbf = 0.225 lbf (pound-force). 10,000 ...
Alligators experience large but variable increases in LES pressure during bouts of ventilation compared with apnea. The increase in pressure generally ranged from 200% to 3000%. However, on rare occasions, no pressure increase was seen coincident with ventilation. Fluctuations in LES pressure during apnea and ventilation have also been observed in anesthetized piglets (Kiatchoosakun et al., 2002). Kiatchoosakun et al. (2002) used hypoxia to stimulate respiratory rate and found a peak increase in LES pressure of 49% (from a baseline of 0.65±0.09kPa to 1.0±0.12kPa). This increase in LES pressure was blocked by atropine, indicating cholinergic control of LES tone. A decline in LES pressure accompanied the development of apnea during a subsequent hyperoxic exposure. These authors suggest that a loss of respiratory neural output might contribute to the loss of LES tone. A cholinergic-dependent neuromuscular control of the LES is also observed in humans. Thus, the changes in pressure observed within ...
Ruhana, Hassan and Nur Fatimah, Mohd Azizi and Muhammad Amirul Arib, Md Adzhar and Mohd Izwan Zulaini, Abdul Gani and Rambli, Ahmad and Leh, Charles Moi Ung (2018) A Taphonomic Study of Crocodylus porosus (Crocodylidae) and Tomistoma schlegelii (Gavialidae) Remains from Western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo: Applications for Public Education. Trends in Undergraduate Research, 1 (1). pp. 23-32. ISSN 2637-093X ...
p>The checksum is a form of redundancy check that is calculated from the sequence. It is useful for tracking sequence updates.,/p> ,p>It should be noted that while, in theory, two different sequences could have the same checksum value, the likelihood that this would happen is extremely low.,/p> ,p>However UniProtKB may contain entries with identical sequences in case of multiple genes (paralogs).,/p> ,p>The checksum is computed as the sequence 64-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check value (CRC64) using the generator polynomial: x,sup>64,/sup> + x,sup>4,/sup> + x,sup>3,/sup> + x + 1. The algorithm is described in the ISO 3309 standard. ,/p> ,p class=publication>Press W.H., Flannery B.P., Teukolsky S.A. and Vetterling W.T.,br /> ,strong>Cyclic redundancy and other checksums,/strong>,br /> ,a href=http://www.nrbook.com/b/bookcpdf.php>Numerical recipes in C 2nd ed., pp896-902, Cambridge University Press (1993),/a>),/p> Checksum:i ...
To explore CR1 distribution in C. porosus, macroarrays were screened with CR1b-derived overgos or a combination of CR1a and CR1b overgos. Comparison of the CR1b- and CR1a/b-probed macroarrays revealed that the CR1a and CR1b subfamilies are not distinguishable in our assay, i.e., virtually no differences in hybridization pattern and intensity were observed when comparing the CR1b and CR1a/CR1b filters (data not shown). It was clear, however, that elements similar to CR1a and b are fairly abundant in C. porosus. Examination of one-quarter of the CR1a/b-probed macroarray (Figure 3A) indicates that 8.9% of clones show hybridization to the CR1a/b overgos while CR1b overgo hybridization to a filter stamped with the contents of a single 384-well plate from the BAC library suggests that 12.8% of clones (49 of 384) are positive for the CR1b overgo (Figure 4). Densitometric analysis of the macroarray reveals that there is a six-fold variation in positive clone hybridization intensity. If the lightest, but ...
Define Archosauria. Archosauria synonyms, Archosauria pronunciation, Archosauria translation, English dictionary definition of Archosauria. Noun 1. Archosauria - a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts...
American Alligator - Beware of this fast swimmer and powerful biter in the Southeast rivers and fresh waters. It can grow to be 14 ft or perhaps more!
Seems like nothing is more fascinating to a second grader than crocodiles and other semi-monsters. Usually, kids wonder about the difference between alligators and crocodiles. This book, part of the Which Animal is Which? series, gives definitive answers for that difference in a way that second graders can understand.. Alligators live in fresh water. Crocodiles can live in salt water. The reptiles snouts are shaped differently. Alligators have a wider jaw and are a darker color. Only a few of an alligators top teeth show when its mouth is closed. Crocodiles show most of their teeth with their mouths closed. Alligator mothers make mounds for their eggs. Crocodile mothers dig holes. Alligator mothers stay with the babies for up to a year. Crocodiles leave the young once they reach the water. All these ideas are easily accessible and memorable for kids.. The photographs included provide wonderful illustrations of the concepts discussed. Who can resist the smile of a crocodile? And its amazing ...
Green reflections I was travelling along Loop Road in Floridas Everglades when I came to a point where there was a truly magical atmosphere. The light filtering through the leaves of the trees created spectacular reflections on the still waters of the marshes. I was just looking for the right place to take a landscape picture when I suddenly saw a young American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) lying on a trunk of wood in the middle of the water. I immediately ran to get the telephoto lens to capture the reptile as it remained perfectly still, surrounded only by the reflections in the water. Only later did I notice the dragonfly on its head. ...
A crocodile farm or alligator farm is an establishment for breeding and raising of crocodilians in order to produce crocodile and alligator meat, leather, and other goods. Many species of both alligators and crocodiles are farmed internationally. In Louisiana alone, alligator farming is a $60 to $70 million industry. Though not truly domesticated, alligators and crocodiles have been bred in farms since at least the early 20th century. Most of these early businesses, such as St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park, established in 1893, were farms in name only, primarily keeping alligators and crocodiles as a tourist attraction. Only in the 1960s did commercial operations that either harvested eggs from the wild or bred alligators on-site begin to appear. This was largely driven by diminishing stocks of wild alligators, which had been hunted nearly to extinction by that time. As the American alligator was placed under official protection in 1967 (under a law preceding the 1973 Endangered ...
An accurate count of annual crocodile attacks on humans is difficult to obtain. Many of the areas in which humans and large crocodiles come into contact are remote, impoverished, or in areas of political unrest. Crocodile attacks are not always reported to local authorities, and some reports are difficult to verify. Nevertheless, some information does exist: for example, it was reported by CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe that in the first ten months of the year in 2005 crocodiles were the number one cause of death in humans where wildlife was involved - with the number of deaths cited as 13. Unlike other man-eating crocodiles, such as the saltwater crocodile, the Nile crocodile lives in proximity to human populations, so contact is more frequent. Although most attacks are not reported, the Nile crocodile is estimated to kill hundreds (possibly thousands) of people each year, which is more than all other crocodilian species combined.[2][3] One study posited the number of attacks by Nile crocodiles per ...
Over their monthlong expedition, photographer Trevor Frost and filmmaker Melissa Lesh set out to capture photos and videos of saltwater crocodiles that no one has seen before- the dinners-eye view. They had nine successful deployments, which captured what is likely the first videos ever of a saltwater crocodile attack from the inside of its mouth.When Frost first went to Australia a few years ago, he was shocked to find out that there are still crocodile hunters. He became fascinated with the subculture surrounding saltwater crocodiles, the largest living reptile. Saltwater crocodiles grow to about 20 feet in length and can weigh over 2,200 pounds. And if that doesnt seem like danger enough for a hunter, saltwater crocs have the strongest recorded bite force of any animal on the planet-anywhere between 3,000 and 5,000 pounds per square inch. That kind of force can easily crush a human skull. There were only an estimated 3,000 saltwater crocs left in Australia by 1970, but now some scientists say there
Over their monthlong expedition, photographer Trevor Frost and filmmaker Melissa Lesh set out to capture photos and videos of saltwater crocodiles that no one has seen before- the dinners-eye view. They had nine successful deployments, which captured what is likely the first videos ever of a saltwater crocodile attack from the inside of its mouth.When Frost first went to Australia a few years ago, he was shocked to find out that there are still crocodile hunters. He became fascinated with the subculture surrounding saltwater crocodiles, the largest living reptile. Saltwater crocodiles grow to about 20 feet in length and can weigh over 2,200 pounds. And if that doesnt seem like danger enough for a hunter, saltwater crocs have the strongest recorded bite force of any animal on the planet-anywhere between 3,000 and 5,000 pounds per square inch. That kind of force can easily crush a human skull. There were only an estimated 3,000 saltwater crocs left in Australia by 1970, but now some scientists say there
Using our CAMP discovery process and only 100 μl of alligator plasma, we have previously identified five novel antimicrobial peptides from A. mississippiensis that exhibit antibacterial activity [8]. Our bioprospecting-based process provides a unique access to the antimicrobial peptidome, and is a significant advance in the effort to identify novel antimicrobial peptides in nature. In this study, we present detailed characterization of the structure and function of three alligator plasma-derived peptides: Apo5, Apo6, and A1P. We demonstrated that Apo5, Apo6, and A1P are potent antimicrobial peptides that extend their efficacy against multi-drug resistant and clinically relevant pathogens, such as A. baumannii. The two peptides Apo5 and Apo6 are both derived from a predicted apolipoprotein C-1 in A. mississippiensis. Apolipoproteins bind lipids; apolipoprotein C-1 in particular is known to bind phospholipids and is a marker of apoptosis [11, 12, 43, 44]. Apo6 is a smaller derivative of Apo5; ...
The name alligator comes from the Portuguese word lagarto (lat. Lacerta, t. E. A lizard) and commonly used in South America from the British and Dutch colonists, as well as in North America; The name of this animal caiman give negros Guiana and French colonists. True alligators come from Australia. They are named in honor of the Alligator River. Chinese and American alligators belong to the family of crocodiles and bear the name of a completely undeserved. Crocodiles are in the language of the salt gland. If they swallow too much salt water, excess salts are recovered through them into the environment ...
Background Crocodilians (Order Crocodylia) are an ancient vertebrate group of tremendous ecological, social, and evolutionary importance. They are the only extant reptilian members of Archosauria, a monophyletic group that also includes birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs. Consequently, crocodilian genomes represent a gateway through which the molecular evolution of avian lineages can be explored. To facilitate comparative genomics within Crocodylia and between crocodilians and other archosaurs, we have constructed a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library for the Australian saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus. This is the first BAC library for a crocodile and only the second BAC resource for a crocodilian. Results The C. porosus BAC library consists of 101,760 individually archived clones stored in 384-well microtiter plates. Not I digestion of random clones indicates an average insert size of 102 kb. Based on a genome size estimate of 2778 Mb, the library affords 3.7 fold (3.7×) coverage of
Ecology. Habitat. Fresh Water swamps and waterways only.. Distribution. Diet. Carnivorous, Fish, snakes, frogs, turtles, birds, and mammals.. Ecological Web. Activity and Behavior. Activity Pattern. Alligators are active durring the day and at night, this is considered cathemeral. Durring the day alligators thermoregulate and bask in the sun. Alligators hunt and feed primarily at night.. Behavior. Social Behavior. Young alligators stay near their hatchling site and form a tight social group. This behavior aids in survival and protection from predators. As adults, alligators do have loose social contact. Reproductive Behavior. Offspring. Between 30-50 eggs are laid in a ground litter nest for their incubation period. The eggs are then covered so that the temperature can rise. Warmer temperatures produce males, cooler temperatures produce females.. Conservation. Status. Historical. Current Threats. Our Role. ...
Posted on 05/18/2013 2:08:28 PM PDT by LibWhacker. An international team of scientists led by Prof Cheng-Ming Chuong from the University of Southern California has discovered unique cellular and molecular mechanisms behind tooth renewal in American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis).. Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, pave the way for tooth regeneration in people. Humans naturally only have two sets of teeth baby teeth and adult teeth. Ultimately, we want to identify stem cells that can be used as a resource to stimulate tooth renewal in adult humans who have lost teeth. But, to do that, we must first understand how they renew in other animals and why they stop in people, Prof Chuong said. Whereas most vertebrates can replace teeth throughout their lives, human teeth are naturally replaced only once, despite the lingering presence of a band of epithelial tissue called the dental lamina, which is crucial to tooth development. Because alligators ...
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ID A0A151M8E8_ALLMI Unreviewed; 1151 AA. AC A0A151M8E8; DT 08-JUN-2016, integrated into UniProtKB/TrEMBL. DT 08-JUN-2016, sequence version 1. DT 25-OCT-2017, entry version 5. DE SubName: Full=Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 6 isoform B {ECO:0000313,EMBL:KYO20775.1}; GN Name=TRPM6 {ECO:0000313,EMBL:KYO20775.1}; GN ORFNames=Y1Q_0012636 {ECO:0000313,EMBL:KYO20775.1}; OS Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Archelosauria; Archosauria; Crocodylia; Alligatoridae; Alligatorinae; OC Alligator. OX NCBI_TaxID=8496 {ECO:0000313,EMBL:KYO20775.1}; RN [1] {ECO:0000313,EMBL:KYO20775.1, ECO:0000313,Proteomes:UP000050525} RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=KSC_2009_1 {ECO:0000313,EMBL:KYO20775.1}; RX PubMed=22293439; DOI=10.1186/gb-2012-13-1-415; RA St John J.A., Braun E.L., Isberg S.R., Miles L.G., Chong A.Y., RA Gongora J., Dalzell P., Moran C., Bedhom B., Abzhanov A., RA ...
Yesterday a new study was released in the journal of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. Researchers from the University of Utah, studied the effects of the well documented right-to-left shunt in crocodylians.Okay, lets get the exposition out of the way first.. Mammals and birds are both characterized by a 4 chambered heart. This heart allows the complete separation of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood streams. Less publicized, but equally as important, this separation also allows for a pressure differential to exist between the two ventricular chambers. That way the right - pulmonary side - of the heart can pump deoxygenated blood at low pressure to the delicate walls of the alveoli in the lungs, while the left - systemic side - of the heart, can pump oxygenated blood at much higher pressure (~7 times higher) to the entire body.. Reptiles and amphibians differ from mammals and birds, in that they have a heart divided into 3 chambers (two atria, one ventricle). This allows for mixing of ...
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General Information: Alligators do not truely hibernate, but they do undergo periods of dormancy in cold weather. They are known to search out caves in the banks of waterways and use them as dens. Females usually have a small range, while males occupy areas of greater than two miles. Both sexes become more active and extend their territory during the breeding months of April and May.. Special Anatomical, Physiological, or Behavioral Adaptations: Modern Alligators have many adaptations that make them well suited to their wetland envirnment. Their eyes, ears, and nose are positioned to peek out just above the waterline so they can locate prey without being easily identified. Their eyes and nostrils close by reflex when the animal goes underwater, and they have a transparent third eyelid, or nictitating membrane, that covers the eye as the animal moves through the water.. Reproduction: Sexual maturity is based upon the size of the Alligator. Both sexes are usually considered mature when they reach ...
Mycoplasma alligatoris is a species of bacteria in the Mycoplasma genus. It is classified in the Bacteria domain, Firmicutes phylum, Mollicutes class, Mycoplasma order, and Mycoplasmataceae family. Many organisms of the Mycoplasma genus are known pathogens in humans and animal species. Mycoplasma alligatoris is known to elicit a fatal disease with inflammatory characteristics that can cause rapid death of alligators and caimans. Mycoplasma alligatoris was first isolated in a study led by D. R. Brown of six captive alligators showing signs of pneumonia, polyserositis (inflammation of serous membranes), and multifocal arthritis. The isolates were obtained from various organs, blood, synovial fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid and subject to various experimental tests for identification purposes. Primary isolates were cultured in ATCC medium 98 agar containing 105 U penicillin G 1−1, 10 5 U polymyin B 1 −1, 65 mg cefoperazone 1 −1 and 20% (v/v) fetal bovine serum in 5% CO2 atmosphere or in ...
Average weight: between 600 and 2,000 pounds., Nile crocs are characterized by their lizard-shaped bodies and scaly hides., Coloring: ranges from drab green or brownish to a blackish tone on the dorsa
Snap!: A Book about Alligators and Crocodiles. Melvin Berger. Publisher: ScholasticFormat: Paperback. What is the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? How are they born? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this Level 3 Hello Reader Science bookDid you know that a crocodile is usually longer, weighs more, and can outswim alligators? Children will learn all about these aquatic creatures-everything from where they live, what they eat, and how they survive-in this non-fiction easy reader.Renowned authors Melvin and Gilda Berger have created yet another fascinating science book. With simple, accessible text and brilliant photographs, SNAP A BOOK ABOUT ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES is sure to be a big hit with parents and teachers alike. GST Note: GST is included in the price of this item. GST is included in the freight.. ...
Quietly sneak upon this Crocodile. I was about 30 yards away and ending up closer to just about 15 feet. I had to walk behind trees of course and when as i got closer it notice me and open its jaws. So what you think? gaping or lunch. After all, one jump and it swam away. …
In the wild, most nutria probably live less than 3 years; captive animals, however, may live 15 to 20 years. Predation, disease and parasitism, water level fluctuations, habitat quality, highway traffic, and weather extremes affect mortality. Annual mortality of nutria is between 60% and 80%. Predators of nutria include humans (through regulated harvest), alligators (Alligator mississippiensis), garfish (Lepisosteus spp.), bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and other birds of prey, turtles, snakes such as the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), and several carnivorous mammals. Nutria densities vary greatly. In Louisiana, autumn densities of about 18 animals per acre (44/ha) have been found in floating freshwater marshes. In Oregon, summer densities in freshwater marshes may be 56 animals per acre (138/ha). Sex ratios range from 0.6 to 1.6 males per female. In summer, nutria live on the ground in dense vegetation, but at other times of the year they use burrows. Burrows may be those ...
TY - JOUR. T1 - Immunohistochemical Localization of Laminin and Cytokeratin in Embryonic Alligator Gonads. AU - Smith, Craig A.. AU - Joss, Jean M.P.. PY - 1995/1/1. Y1 - 1995/1/1. N2 - Gonadal sex differentiation is temperature‐dependent in Alligator mississippiensis; testis differentiation occurs in embryos incubated at 33°C and ovary differentiation occurs in embryos incubated at 30°C. Laminin and cytokeratin were examined immunohistochemically in the gonads of alligator embryos incubated at these temperatures. The aim of this study was to determine whether these structural proteins show the same sex‐specific expression patterns reported for mammalian embryos, and to assess their usefulness as early markers of gonadal differentiation in species with temperature‐dependent sex determination. Laminin delineated enlarged seminiferous cords in differentiating testes from developmental stage 23 to hatching. Laminin distribution was more diffuse and revealed smaller cords of cells in ...
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A resemblance between a long-lost African crocodile and modern American crocs goes beyond the shared bump on their snouts. New analyses of a roughly 7-million-year old skull from the extinct Crocodylus checchiai suggest that crocodiles journeyed from Africa to the Americas millions of years ago, researchers report July 23 in Scientific Reports. Unearthed in the 1930s, the fossil came from whats now Libya and sat for decades in a museum. With CT scanning, scientists have now mapped the skulls structure, revealing hidden anatomical features that tie the animal closely to the four species of American crocodiles alive today.. It really looks like an American true crocodile, but it comes from Africa, says Massimo Delfino, a paleoherpetologist at the University of Turin in Italy.. Genetic analyses had already linked the Nile crocodile with its American kin. Though scientists suspected that crocs long ago colonized one of the locales before journeying to the other, the fossil record hadnt painted ...
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DEB#1545288, 10/1/2015-9/30/19 and DEB#1929393, 09/01/2019-08/31/2024. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.. ...
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This new knowledge could assist in the conservation and breeding strategy of Australian freshwater and saltwater crocodiles.. Dr Jaime Gongora, research project leader from the University of Sydneys Faculty of Veterinary Science said Alligators and crocodiles occupy an evolutionary mid-point between mammals and birds so they provide a unique link. Our research helps address fundamental questions about how evolution drives and maintains genetic diversity of the immune genes.. The study looked at the diversity and evolutionary mechanisms of two primary gene classes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), key components of the immune system. The study investigated 20 species of crocodilians including the two Australian crocodile species; freshwater and saltwater crocodiles.. This research helps to close a gap in our knowledge of immune gene evolution particularly since the crocodilian families (crocodiles and alligators) diverged from a common ancestor 90 million years ago.. The MHC is ...
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In November, two American alligators were flown from the Poconos to Wisconsin to undergo surgery. The story took a sad turn Tuesday morning when one of the alligators died unexpectedly. The alligators had been recovering in their own personalized enclosures built in the basement of the veterinary hospital.
On Friday, October 25, I completed the aerial challenge course at the Alligator Farm in St Augustine, Florida! It took me about an hour and half as I walked across swinging elements and bridges. There were several ziplines, also. Underneath me were a lot of alligators...I must say that was very interesting. I also saw lemurs and several species of birds. There were many different species of alligators and crocodiles. I met Scott Brown the manager of the course. I got a workout, but it was an enjoyable workout! - at Alligator Farm. ...
Where Pv is the new percentage value, Iv is the initial value on the specific day and D0 represents the value on Day 0. Data were log transformed (log10[x+1]) and analysis of variance (IBM SPSS Statistics 19) was used to compare results from the different groups. Non-parametric, bivariate correlation (Spearmans rho) analyses (IBM SPSS Statistics 19) were conducted in order to determine relationships between biochemical parameters and infection dose.. Results. Blood glucose. The mean concentration of blood glucose for the three experimental groups is shown in Table 2. In the high-infection and medium-infection groups, initial peaks in blood glucose values were observed on Day 14 PI and Day 7 PI, respectively. This was followed by a slight decrease the following week. Analysis of variance revealed significant differences in blood glucose concentrations on Day 28 PI between the high-infection and low-infection groups and between the medium-infection and low-infection groups (p , 0.05). No ...
Discussion. Crocodilians differ from other egg laying archosaurs (dinosaurs and birds) in that they lack medullary bone in the endosteal cavities of the long bones (Schweitzer et al. 2007). The epiphyses of the long bones in crocodiles therefore often appear eroded as more of the remodelling seems to take place on the outside of the bone, as seen in the cases described. Therefore, a certain degree of erosion may have to be considered normal.. In early stages of osteoarthropathy, the periosteal surface of the epiphyses alone appears to be affected and shows deep longitudinal furrows up to and undermining the articular surfaces. In advanced stages, there is collapse of the articular surface, which, in turn, can stimulate an inflammatory reaction in the form of osteoarthritis.. The cases described here originated from routine post-mortem examinations and are therefore random findings without any particular geographical or epidemiological pattern. The wild specimens came from the Limpopo province ...
Seven alligators were submitted to the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory for necropsy during two epizootics in the fall of 2001 and 2002. The alligators were raised in temperature-controlled buildings and fed a diet of horsemeat supplemented with vitamins and minerals. Histologic findings in the juvenile alligators were multiorgan necrosis, heterophilic granulomas, and heterophilic perivasculitis and were most indicative of septicemia or bacteremia. Histologic findings in a hatchling alligator were random foci of necrosis in multiple organs and mononuclear perivascular encephalitis, indicative of a viral cause. West Nile virus was isolated from submissions in 2002. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results on all submitted case samples were positive for West Nile virus for one of four cases associated with the 2001 epizootic and three of three cases associated with the 2002 epizootic. RT-PCR analysis was positive for West Nile virus in the ...
The Cayman branch, which has no local staff or customers, is operated from Mexico by HSBC subsidiary HBMX. Its services are not related to HSBC Premier, the retail arm of HSBC in the Cayman Islands. HSBC had acquired the Cayman branch through its purchase of Mexican bank Bital in November 2002, which in turn had received authorisation from Cayman banking regulators in 1980 to offer Cayman US dollar accounts to its customers. At its peak in 2008, HBMX maintained over 60,000 accounts with assets of $2.1 billion in its Cayman branch. Any HMBX branch across Mexico had the authority to open a Cayman account for clients. HBMX offered US dollar services through its correspondent account with HSBC in the US. The report said it had no evidence that HSBC US was ever informed of the use of the correspondent account in this way. The accounts allowed HSBC in Mexico to circumvent local regulations which prohibit Mexican residents from maintaining US dollar accounts in Mexico. The Subcommittee report, which ...
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Should Belize save the Belize Crocodile? We have both the alligator and the crocodile in Belize? It seems, that crocodiles, despite having a brain the size of an avocado seed and being a highly instinctive feeding machine, has something else going for it. A crocodile is territorial and has a homesite. If you take it away from the homesite, it will come back. It has a homing instinct, superior to many other species. Recently, in south Florida, a Crocodile, dubbed Snaggletooth some months back, that lived in the ponds of a golf course, about 75 miles north of here. Was trapped as it was scaring golfers. This fella is 150 pounds and quite easily could tear off your leg. Crocodiles take a bite and then spin their bodies like a corkscrew, to disorientate the victim and pull them under to drown. They can also climb over fences, porches, walls and run at 30 mph. for short distances. Now Snaggletooth is an eight footer and quite easily could do mayhem to some careless golfer trying to get his golf ...
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Back at the house Daniel welcomed me with a present: A Southern Alligator Lizard, GERRHONOTUS MULTICARINATUS. Id been looking for one of these because its a bit unusual, despite the fact that its abundant and frequently seen here, and it looks a lot like the normal fence lizard, which we also have. In fact, at first I had a hard time distinguishing alligator lizards from fence lizards. It must be a case of convergent evolution because the two species are very unrelated, being in entirely different families and even suborders. You can see the taxonomic relationships among different kinds of lizards on my Lizard Classification Page at www.backyardnature.net/lizclass.htm.There youll observe that alligator lizards are about as unrelated to average lizards (iguanid lizards) such as fence lizards and anoles, as are Gila Monsters. One difference between alligator lizards and regular lizards is that their have bony scales (osteoderms) encasing them so effectively that their bodies are fairly ...
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus distributed widely in tropical regions of the world that causes a febrile and often painful disease in adults and children. Recent outbreaks of CHIKV infection in the Caribbean have raised concerns about establishment of this virus in North America. A significant question about the transmission cycle of CHIKV is whether non-human reservoir hosts are important in maintenance or transmission of the virus. We conducted experimental infections with CHIKV and discovered that several reptiles and amphibians developed viremia of sufficient magnitude to possibly serve as reservoir hosts. One or two strains of CHIKV were inoculated into a variety of ball pythons, Burmese pythons, Northern garter snakes, American alligators, green iguanas, painted turtles, leopard frogs, Bufo species toads and cane toads. Viremia was not detected in alligators or cane toads but all other species developed viremia at variable magnitude. Peak viremia in the other species varied from 2.8
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Louisianas abundant fresh, brackish and marine water resources, heavy soils, flat lands, temperate water and semi-tropical climate ensured that the state would be a leader in aquaculture. During the 20th century commercial aquaculture industries developed in Louisiana for finfishes including channel catfish, baitfish, tilapia and recreational sport fishes; crustaceans including freshwater crawfish and soft-shell blue crabs; and reptiles including the American alligator and red-eared turtles. The states enormous estuarine-based oyster industry dates from the 19th century and entered the 21st century as the dominant source of cultured oysters in the United States. Research was done in the area of saltwater shrimp culture in the 1960s and 1970s. Aquaculture is one of Louisianas major animal industries. The Louisiana aquaculture industry includes more than 2,000 diverse operations throughout the state, and a potpourri of aquatic animals show promise for developing more significant private ...
ost living crocs, he said. Two living crocodiles -- the Cuban and Siamese crocodiles -- also have horns, but those of the Olduvai crocodile were more prominent. Of course, horns probably would have given the crocodile a devilish appearance, as if that were needed on a man-eating crocodile. Brochu and his colleagues based their conclusions on fossils collected over many decades. Some were collected in 2007 by a team led by Robert Blumenschine of Rutgers University and Jackson Njau, then of the National Natural History Museum of Tanzania. But others were collected as long ago as the 1930s and kept in museums in Kenya and the United Kingdom. Most of these fossils, by themselves, are fragmentary and not very impressive, but together, they reveal a crocodile different from any of its living relatives. It would have looked more or less like a Nile crocodile except for a deeper snout and, of course, the horns, Brochu said. Apart from the very scary image projected by the beast, Brochu said that ...
Hibernation in an appropriate environment not only is important for the survival of hibernators in winter, but also is crucial for breeding in the following season for many hibernating species. However, the genetic and epigenetic mechanism underlying this process remain unclear. In the current study, we performed an integrative multi-omics analysis of gonads collected from Chinese alligators that overwintered in wild cave and artificial warmroom to explore transcriptomic and epigenomic alternations in these organs. The data revealed that in the breeding season, female alligators were more strongly affected in terms of gene expression than males by non-hibernation because of overwintering in a warm room, especially for genes related to oocyte maturation, and this effect commenced in winter with the downregulation of STAR, which is the rate limiting factor of steroid biosynthesis. Further, miRNAs were found to play essential roles in this negative effect of overwintering in the warm room on hibernation.
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Background Crocodilians exhibit a spectrum of rostral shape from long snouted (longirostrine), through to short snouted (brevirostrine) morphologies. The proportional length of the mandibular symphysis correlates consistently with rostral shape, forming as much as 50% of the mandibles length in longirostrine forms, but 10% in brevirostrine crocodilians. Here we analyse the structural consequences of an elongate mandibular symphysis in relation to feeding behaviours. Methods/Principal Findings Simple beam and high resolution Finite Element (FE) models of seven species of crocodile were analysed under loads simulating biting, shaking and twisting. Using beam theory, we statistically compared multiple hypotheses of which morphological variables should control the biomechanical response. Brevi- and mesorostrine morphologies were found to consistently outperform longirostrine types when subject to equivalent biting, shaking and twisting loads. The best predictors of performance for biting and twisting
The Cayman Islands Government Department of Environment (DOE) has commenced the first stage of a Government funded initiative aimed at large scale removal of green iguana in Grand Cayman. As part of that process, the DOE is issuing a Request For Information (RFI) for the purposes of gathering information about the marketplace in order to assist in the determination of local capacity to deliver green iguana culling services.. Grand Cayman is suffering from an explosive population increase of invasive green iguanas, which now number approximately 1.1 million and are now threatening to reach approximately 4.6 million by 2020 unless massive control measures are implemented.. This alien invasive species is causing serious social, economic and environmental damage, affecting homeowners, tourism facilities, businesses, farmers, natural ecosystems and endangered species. Calls for a solution from all these stakeholders and the community at large are growing louder as the iguana population ...
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Minnesota Zoo Located in Apple Valley, Minnesota African Fruit Bat The African Fruit Bat is originated from Africa. They eat fruit plants and spread the seeds all over the ground to help then reproduce. These bats are adaptable to any place as long as they have food and shelter. The African Fruit Bat eats figs, mangoes, dates, and any other fruit. Atlantic Reef Fish The Atlantic Reef Fish contain many fish from the Atlantic Coast. This Exhibit is very fascinating to children especially because they like to look at the sharks. Did you know that the wingspan of a southern stingray can reach up to 5 feet. West African Dwarf Crocodile The West African Dwarf Crocodile lives in and around slow-moving streams and is a thick, dark scales covering all over the Crocodile. They have yellow bellies and the young are about 11 inches long at hatching. These crocodiles eat fish, invertebrates, and other water creatures. Some people hunt and eat crocodiles. The Dhole is a primitive canine species with a compact ...
BATON ROUGE, LA-In a breakthrough study that contradicts decades of understanding about the nature of alligator-drunkard relations, Louisiana State University researchers have concluded that peoples drunkenness does not impair the ancient reptiles ability to inflict enormous physical harm.. Our data strongly indicates that human intoxication does not transform an alligator into a docile creature that enjoys wrestling, said professor Ryder McCrory, chair of the Wildlife Taunting Department of LSUs prestigious Center For Bullying And Hazing Studies. Despite its slow-witted demeanor and tendency to bask motionlessly in the hot sun, its a mistake to believe that an alligator will passively tolerate a half nelson, no matter how much Southern Comfort is fueling it. ...
A woman who was visiting a client for an in-home nail appointment during lockdown in South Carolina was attacked and killed by an alligator in South Carolina, according to a police report released Tuesday. Cynthia Covert, 58, drowned Friday after an alligator repeatedly pulled her into a pond on Kiawah Island, according to a report from the Charleston County Sheriffs Office. Her death has been ruled an accident, according to paralegal and public information officer Karli
Pterosaurs and dinosaurs are closely related, meaning they share a number of features, but are still distinct groups, or clades as we call them in biology. They both belong to a group called the Archosauria, which includes crocodilians, dinosaurs (including birds, as they evolved from dinosaurs and therefore are dinosaurs by definition), and pterosaurs. Archosaurs share a number of characteristics including an antorbital fenestra (a hole in the skull in front of the eye) and teeth set in sockets. However, early in archosaurian evolution there was a split between crocodilians and their close relatives (the crurotarsans or pseudosuchians) and birds and their closest relatives, including dinosaurs and pterosaurs (known as the avemetatarsalians). Avemetatarsalia is a mouthful, but its pretty easy to break down. Basically this group is united by a bird-like ankle, among other features. Within this group is another group called the Ornithodira, which means bird-neck, again uniting the group with ...
Alligator Adventure in North Myrtle Beach is known as the Reptile Capital of the World! Not only do many species of reptiles including alligators, crocodiles, snakes, and turtles call it home, but you can also view monkeys, birds, and other animals when you visit. Make sure to see Utan King of the Crocs - the largest crocodile on exhibit in the US, catch an alligator feeding or watch a snake handling show!. Not only are there plenty of places for all day entertainment along the Grand Strand - but what better place to finish up that summer reading list than by an oceanfront pool or under an umbrella on the beach while visiting Brittain Resorts & Hotels. Be sure to check all these exciting activities off your list before heading back to school!. ...
Tephrosia cenerea (exists in at least 3 marsh locations on Cayman Brac). Botanists have catalogued most of the wild plants in this country. The definitive works are Dr. George Proctors Flora of the Cayman Islands, second edition, and F.J. Burtons Threatened Plants of the Cayman Islands: The Red List. For the complete citation of both books you may check the field guides section of this present nature blog, www.naturenotes19n79w.ky. But a book is no sooner published than it is out of date. Its not a complaint, its a thank you because the books make it easier for amateur and professional plant sleuths to develop their knowledge. In the process they may find gaps or errors.. One such gap is the listings for Cayman Brac. Many plants that live here in the wild are credited in the references for Grand Cayman, Little Cayman or both but not for Cayman Brac. These plants have been here all along but have been missed. And no wonder - this island has few resident scientists, is difficult for ...
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WIMAUMA, Fla. - A man riding a motorcycle hit an alligator that was crossing a rural Florida road, throwing him from his bike.. The Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release that 27-year-old Calun Nelson was riding his motorcycle south of Tampa early Friday when he saw the more than 10-foot (3.05-meter) alligator crossing the road in front of him. He tried to avoid the gator, but couldnt.. Troopers say Nelson was taken to a Tampa hospital with serious injuries.. Television station WFLA reports an alligator trapper was called to retrieve the gators body.. Its the second accident this week in Florida involving an alligator. On Tuesday a driver on Interstate 75 escaped serious injury when she hit an alligator near Sarasota.. ...
The Park was established to protect the remaining mangrove forests and as a refuge for estuarine crocodiles and resident and migratory water and shore birds; breeding ground for fish and prawns; research area for the conservation of mangroves and wildlife; and as an environmental education centre.. ...
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In what looked like a scene from a primetime TV medical drama, a team at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine has successfully removed a shoe from the stomach of a giant crocodile.
While Republicans cry crocodile tears over Benghazi, it s too bad they didnt have as much concern for the soldiers fighting in Afghanistan, which makes their outrage a little misleading.The US troops fighting this war on terror are being sent into ambushes, and then left on their own to die after being surrounded by the enemy.In 2002, soldiers were sent to the top of Takur Gar mountain in Afghanistan. They were told their was no resistance yet when they attempted to gain this vantage point the mountain top was controlled by the enemy. A horrendous fight ensued with many American soldiers dying in this ambush.Congressional Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer in his book, tells of his own personal harrowing battle in Afghanistan. The troops were sent into an ambush in one of the fiercest battles in Afghanistan, and U.S.troops quickly became surrounded and trapped. Meanwhile, the ones giving the orders are the officers safely ensconced in the rear, in their air conditioned offices, theyre not even on
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far away, there were two twin princes. The older twin excelled at everything, and the younger one failed at just as much. The two were so different that it was a wonder that the same blood flowed through their veins. It was like pairing up a giant and a dwarf. The younger brother grew up with a severe inferiority complex and developed an extremely dark personality. He started to enjoy collecting ferocious animals, one in particular being a crocodile from another kingdom. He put the crocodile in a cage, where he tormented it. It was the only time he could ever feel strong. Years went by, and it was finally time for the heir to take the throne. Of course, the chosen heir was none other than the eldest of the twin brothers. Jealous, the younger prince stormed off to his room. He sat there, staring at his crocodile. If only I could get the crocodile to kill my brother… he thought. Just then a strange voice resonated in the room and the prince could feel his body ...
Its hard to make friends when youre always stinging or biting someone.... Down by the great big, brilliant blue river, a not-so-bright crocodile and an equally pea-brained scorpion lived peacefully by themselves. One day, the scorpion realized he needed help getting across the river. Could they control their natural instincts long enough to make it across together?. Rebecca and Ed Emberley offer a sprightly new twist on another classic tale with colorful artwork so bold and bright it snaps off the page. ...
A cheeky crocodile met its match when it tried to use some hippopotamuses as stepping stones in Serengeti national park, Tanzania
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A new study, published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution, reveals that birds skulls evolved differently to their relatives and ancestors, and develop more like those of young dinosaurs and crocodiles.. Birds are the only surviving members of a group of feathered dinosaurs, and are close cousins to modern crocodilians (alligators, crocodiles and gavials). However, birds have unique skeletons, particularly their beaked skulls, which have wider dome-shaped cranial bones to accommodate proportionally larger brains and eyes.. Previously, Dr Arkhat Abzhanov, from the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial, and colleagues determined that the shape of the birds skulls most resemble those of young non-avian (non-birdlike) dinosaurs.. This evolutionary phenomenon is known as paedomorphism - where an adult retains features that are usually only seen at the young stages (embryo or baby) in its ancestors. Paedomorphism is caused by a change in timing of developmental events of an organism - for ...
By Linda Ballou, NABBWs Adventure Travel Associate From the extreme arid red center of Australia, our Overseas Adventure Travel group flew to North Queensland during the onset of the wet season from January to April. This region receives on average 10-feet of rain each year. Our gracious accommodations at the Beach House in Palm Cove overlooked a stunning white sand beach. The tropical waters looked inviting, but informed tourists kept to the shore. Saltwater crocodiles lurk in these waters along with box and stinger jellyfish in the summer. A massive swimming pool replicating a sandy... Read More. ...
Caiman lizard: Caiman lizard,, any member of a genus (Dracaena) of lizards in the family Teiidae. These lizards (D. guianensis and D. paraguayensis) are found streamside in forested areas
The company plans to manufacture small quantities of marihuana derivatives for research purposes. In reference to drug code 7360 (Marihuana), the company plans to bulk manufacture cannabidiol. In reference to drug code 7370 (Tetrahydrocannabinols), the company will manufacture a synthetic THC. No other activity for this drug code is authorized for this registration.. No comments or objections have been received. DEA has considered the factors in 21 U.S.C. 823(a) and determined that the registration of Cayman Chemical Company to manufacture the listed basic classes of controlled substances is consistent with the public interest at this time. DEA has investigated Cayman Chemical Company to ensure that the companys registration is consistent with the public interest. The investigation has included inspection and testing of the companys physical security systems, verification of the companys compliance with state and local laws, and a review of the companys background and history. Therefore, ...
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"Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Chinese alligator, Alligator sinensis, and phylogeny of crocodiles". Chinese Science ... "Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Chinese alligator, Alligator sinensis, and phylogeny of crocodiles". Chinese Science ... Neill, Wilfred T. (1971). The Last of the Ruling Reptiles: Alligators, Crocodiles, and Their Kin (illustrated ed.). New York: ... Chinese alligators were later thought to give Buddhist priests merit if the priests were to buy alligators held in captivity ...
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... meat is also consumed by humans. While there are rules of thumb for distinguishing alligators from crocodiles, all of ... Alligator hailensis Alligator mcgrewi Alligator mefferdi Alligator olseni Alligator prenasalis Alligator thomsoni An average ... Alligator vocalisations Alligator bellow Alligator bellow, ogg/Vorbis format. Another alligator bellow Alligator bellow, ogg/ ... Alligator in the Everglades National Park Alligator in the Canberra Zoo in Australia Gator in Louisiana bayou swims Gator in ...
1992). Crocodiles and Alligators. Blitz. pp. 48-51. ISBN 978-1-85391-092-0. Robertshaw, David (2006). "Mechanisms for the ... Nuwer, Rachel (13 May 2013). "Solving an alligator mystery may help humans regrow lost teeth". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 4 ...
King, F. W. (1989). "Conservation and management". In Ross, C. A.; Garnett, S. (eds.). Crocodiles and alligators. New York: ... "Florida's alligator management program, an update - 1987-1995". Proceedings of the thirteenth working meeting of crocodile ... In that year, a printer made a spur-of-the-moment decision to print an alligator emblem on a shipment of the schools football ... The American Alligator to be designated as the Mississippi State Reptile; provide...02/21 Approved by Governor "State symbols ...
1992). Crocodiles and Alligators. Blitz. pp. 62, 119. ISBN 9781853910920. Choi, H. (2004). "Paleosuchus palpebrosus: Dwarf ... Alligator) palpebrosus (Merrem, 1820), Jacaretinga moschifer (Spix, 1825), Champsa palpebrosa (Wagler, 1830), Alligator ... The genus name Paleosuchus is derived from the Greek palaios meaning "ancient" and soukhos meaning "crocodile". This refers to ... Cuvier's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) is a small crocodilian in the alligator family from northern and central South ...
Penny, M. (1991). Alligators and Crocodiles. Crescent Books. ISBN 978-0-517-07012-3. Hunter, L. (2011). Carnivores of the World ... A crocodile likely would need to be a mature adult male (more than 3.7 m or 12 ft and 300 kg or 660 lb) to make a successful ... Only tigers and saltwater crocodiles have been reported to kill adult gaur. However, the habitat and distribution of the gaur ... Guggisberg, C. A. W. (1972). Crocodiles. Their Natural History, Folklore and Conservation. Newton Abbot, England: David & ...
ISBN 978-0-226-73639-6. Ross, Charles A.; Garnett, Stephen (1989). Crocodiles and Alligators. Checkmark Books. ISBN 978-0-8160- ... Crocodiles are frequent targets of hippo aggression, probably because they often inhabit the same riparian habitats; crocodiles ... Nile crocodiles, lions, and spotted hyenas are known to prey on young hippos. Beyond these, adult hippos are not usually preyed ... Groups of crocodiles have also been observed finishing off still-living male hippos that were previously injured in mating ...
1992). Crocodiles and Alligators. Blitz. pp. 62, 121-124. ISBN 9781853910920. Magnusson, William E.; Lima, Albertina P. (1991 ... The genus name Paleosuchus is derived from the Greek palaios meaning "ancient" and soukhos meaning "crocodile". This refers to ... the belief that this crocodile comes from an ancient lineage that diverged from other species of caimans some 30 million years ...
Crocodile Specialist Group, Darwin. pp. 90-93. Retrieved 2014-04-13. Ross, Charles A., ed. (1992). Crocodiles and Alligators. ... The New Guinea crocodile bears a physical similarity to the nearby Philippine crocodile (C. mindorensis) and Siamese crocodile ... The New Guinea crocodile (Crocodylus novaeguineae) is a small species of crocodile found on the island of New Guinea north of ... Among their two samples for the New Guinea crocodile, one was part of the Philippine crocodile clade and the other was separate ...
Alligators and Crocodiles". School Library Journal. 50 (9): 194. Jollimore, Karen (December 1998). "Welcome to the world series ... Booklist called it "a useful resource for middle-graders". Reviewing Alligators and Crocodiles, Frogs and Toads and Penguins ...
Alderton, D. (1998). Crocodiles & alligators of the world. Cassell Illustrated, 978-0713723823. Storrs G. W. (2003). "Late ... "Nile Crocodile". Crocodiles of the World, Crocodile Conversation and Education Centre. Retrieved 1 January 2015. Anthony, S. B ... 1989). Crocodiles and Alligators. Checkmark Books. ISBN 978-0816021741. McKinney, F.; Buitron, D. & Derrickson, S. R. (1990). " ... The type and size of the prey depends mostly on the size of the crocodile. The diet of young crocodiles is made up largely of ...
1989). Crocodiles and Alligators. Checkmark Books. ISBN 978-0-8160-2174-1. Anonymous. "Proposal for Inclusion of Species on the ... Additionally, crocodiles, especially Nile crocodiles in Africa, readily kill and eat swimming pelicans. Since 1998, the great ...
The Alligator Rivers in the Arnhem Land region are misnamed due to the resemblance of the saltwater crocodile to alligators as ... It is also called the estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, marine crocodile, sea crocodile, and informally as the ... "Crocodile Communication: Crocodiles, Caimans, Alligators, Gharials". Flmnh.ufl.edu. 5 March 1996. Retrieved 25 July 2013. Cott ... The saltwater crocodile has a wide snout compared to most crocodiles. However, it has a longer snout than the mugger crocodile ...
2010). Crocodiles. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. Third Edition. IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group: Darwin. "The ... Xing, J.H. (2010). Chinese Alligator Alligator sinensis. Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Pp. 5-9 in: Manolis, S. ... This is the only other place besides the United States that is native to an alligator and paddlefish species. In 2010, the ... narrow-ridged finless porpoise and the Yangtze alligator. These animals numbers went into freefall from the combined effects of ...
Reptiles portal Alligator meat The Crocodile Hunter Crocodilian armor Game (hunting) Sewer alligator Sobek - an ancient ... Some species can gallop, including Cuban crocodiles, Johnston's crocodiles, New Guinea crocodiles, African dwarf crocodiles, ... Morelet's crocodile or Mexican crocodile Crocodylus niloticus, Nile crocodile or African crocodile (the subspecies found in ... 9 December 2013 "Scary smart! Clever crocodiles, alligators use sticks to lure prey". Phys Org. 13 October 2014 "Crocodiles are ...
Crocodiles and Alligators. Sydney: Surrey Beatty and Sons. pp. 273−294. Lang, J. W. & Kumar, P. (2013). "Behavioral ecology of ... In Crocodile Specialist Group (ed.). Crocodiles. Proceedings of the 24th Working Meeting of the Crocodile Specialist Group in ... La Ferme aux Crocodiles, a crocodile farm in France, received six juveniles in 2000 from the Gharial Breeding Centre in Nepal. ... Daudin, F. M. (1802). "Le crocodile à bec étroit ou le grand Gavial [The straight-snouted crocodile or the great Gavial]". ...
Crocodile farming is one of the few burgeoning industries in Zimbabwe. Unlike American alligator flesh, Nile crocodile meat is ... With the Nile crocodile and the saltwater crocodile, the mean size of crocodiles involved in non-fatal attacks was about 3 m (9 ... It also sometimes referred to as the African crocodile, Ethiopian crocodile, and common crocodile. Although no subspecies are ... However, unlike other "man-eating" crocodile species, including the saltwater crocodile, the Nile crocodile lives in close ...
Crocodiles and Alligators. Sydney: Surrey Beatty. pp. 253-257. [1] Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 31 ... In particular, during the capture of large crocodiles, the animals' use of their glycolytic muscles often alter the blood's pH ... Cases are recorded in which particularly large crocodiles which put up extreme resistance to capture later died of the ...
Gordon, Gareth (7 February 2017). "Crocodiles, alligators and Irish language". Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. ... With regard to the proposed act, she said "If you feed a crocodile, it will keep coming back for more." This remark was widely ... Devenport, Mark (9 May 2017). "Language issue still has (crocodile) teeth". Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. ...
Magnusson, W.E. Vliet, K.A. Pooley, A.C. and Whitaker, R. "Reproduction." Crocodiles and Alligators (illustrated ed.). Ross, ... Ross, Charles A.; Garnett, Stephen (1989). Crocodiles and Alligators (illustrated ed.). New York: Facts on File. pp. 58-73. ... Lang, J.W. "Sex Determination." Crocodiles and Alligators (illustrated ed.). Ross, Charles A. Garnett, Stephen (1989). New York ... Alderton, David (1991). "Common Caiman Caiman crocodilus.". Crocodiles & Alligators of the World (illustrated ed.). Facts on ...
"Crocodiles and alligators: Antiamoebic and antitumor compounds of crocodiles". Experimental Parasitology. 183: 194-200. doi: ... the mugger crocodile's closest living relatives are the Siamese crocodile and the saltwater crocodile. Fossil crocodile ... The names 'marsh crocodile' and 'broad-snouted crocodile' have been used since the late 1930s. The crocodile is acknowledged as ... The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is a medium-sized broad-snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile ...
Grenard, S. (1991). Handbook of Alligators and Crocodiles. Malabar, Florida: Kreiger. Choi, C. Q. (2014-05-04). "Spinning ... A common method to estimate the size of crocodiles and crocodile-like reptiles is the use of the length of the skull measured ... 20 (1). Woodward, A. R.; White, J. H.; Linda, S. B. (1995). "Maximum size of the alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)". J. ... the clade containing living crocodiles, alligators and gharials). Within this group it is most closely related to the North ...
Grenard, S. (1991). Handbook of alligators and crocodiles. Malabar, FL: Krieger. Jackman, B., & Scott, J. (2012). The marsh ... although anecdotally Nile crocodiles may opportunistically and rarely prey upon a wild dog. When briefly unprotected, wild dog ...
An alligator shear, historically known as a lever shear and sometimes as a crocodile shear, is a metal-cutting shear with a ... Older alligator shears were powered by a flywheel. These shears ran continuously, which posed a safety hazard. Now alligator ... Federal OSHA and various state OSHA programs have requirements for guarding alligator shears, and newly manufactured alligator ... Alligator shears are generally set up as stand-alone shears; however, there are types for excavators. The jaw size can range ...
American crocodiles are also paler and more grayish than the relatively dark-hued American alligator. This crocodile species ... American crocodiles are more susceptible to cold weather than American alligators. American crocodiles do not have socials ... The only other crocodiles present within the American crocodile's range are the Morelet's crocodile, and the critically ... Unlike other crocodiles, the American crocodile uses acoustic signals to communicate. Crocodile communication is centered on ...
Alderton, D. (1991). Crocodiles and Alligators of the World. Blandford, London. Cox, M.J. van Dijk, P.P, Nabhitabhata, J and ... Kimura, W (1969). "Crocodiles in Cambodia, Research Report No. 3 Atawgawa Tropical Garden and Alligator Farm". {{cite journal ... A Siamese crocodile stars as the titular monster in the 1978 Thailand film Crocodile. Rio, J. P. & Mannion, P. D. (2021). " ... The Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is a medium-sized freshwater crocodile native to Indonesia (Borneo and possibly ...
Crocodiles and alligators are farmed commercially. Their hides are tanned and used to make leather goods such as shoes and ... Large crocodiles, especially the saltwater crocodile and Nile crocodile, attack and kill hundreds of people each year in ... Retrieved 13 March 2006 from the Crocodile Specialist Group, Crocodile Species List, FAQ. Kjellgren, Eric. "Crocodiles". ... Crocodile meat is occasionally eaten as an "exotic" delicacy in the western world. Alligator meat is farmed for human ...
Alderton, D. (1991). Crocodiles and Alligators of the World. New York: Facts on File Publications. Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo; ...
Langmann, Brady (June 30, 2021). "Is It Alligator Loki or Crocodile Loki? We Asked Some Scientists to Confirm". Esquire. ... Alligator Loki is a reptilian variant of Loki which takes the form of an alligator. It was pruned by the Time Variance ... For the Loki Palace, an underground hideout in the Void where Kid Loki, Classic Loki, Boastful Loki, and Alligator Loki reside ... Paige, Rachel (July 7, 2021). "'Loki': The Glorious Debut of Alligator Loki". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on July 7 ...
The name Gnatusuchus is a combination of the Quechua word "Ñatu", meaning small nose, and the Greek "Souchos" for crocodile. ... The upper estimates are based on the American Alligator, while a smaller body length was recovered using the proportions of ... Morelet's Crocodile. A phylogenetic analysis published alongside its initial description placed Gnatusuchus as the most basal ...
Zombie Crocodile: A zombified crocodile that is blind as a result of the infection, forcing it to hunt using its other senses. ... The Giant Alligator appeared in the 2011 movie Mega Python vs. Gatoroid. Unlike the gatoroids that were the result of being fed ... It is a crocodile-like creature that survived in the ancient swamps and moved very little. The Acid-Spewing Plants appeared in ... They are American alligators mutated by illegally being fed steroid-injected chickens so they can be used to hunt Mega Pythons ...
Due to their appearance, Wada named these reef instruments the Alligator and the Elephantine Crocodile. Wada was also known for ... 1981: Lament For The Rise And Fall Of The Elephantine Crocodile (India Navigation) 1985: Off the Wall (Free Music Production) ...
... the north end of Gatwala Wildlife Park visitors can visit a crocodile farm which is the home to many crocodiles and alligators ... Proper cordoning of the lake with crocodiles has created a safe area for people to view crocodiles from a distance. The land ... Boating is done in one lake, whereas the other lake is the home to many crocodiles. ...
In 2012, there were about one million American alligators and 1,500 crocodiles. The highest species of freshwater turtles ( ...
Morelet's Crocodile Mesaspis moreletii (Bocourt, 1871) - Morelet's alligator lizard Ommatoiulus moreletii (Lucas, 1860) - ... a crocodile Taxa named in honour of Arthur Morelet include: Agalychnis moreletii (A.M.C. Duméril, 1853) - Morelet's Treefrog ...
As denoted by its kanji, waniguchi literally means "crocodile (or alligator) mouth". It is so-named due to the instrument's ...
1996: First broadcast of The Crocodile Hunter, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Waynehead, C Bear and Jamal, 7th Heaven, Blue's Clues, ... Wally Gator, Elgar, That Was The Week That Was, The Late Late Show (Ireland) and Sábado Gigante; first airing of "Everyone ...
It has two short lengths of metal, joined by a spring to keep one end closed; in its simplest form, it is made of a crocodile ... A clothes-pin style or alligator clamp works like a common household clothes-pin. ...
Today, humans consume not only chicken, mutton, pork and beef but also meats of camel, horse, dog, cat, alligator, crocodile, ...
There are many species of colourful parrots as well as estuarine crocodiles. In recent times, these crocodiles have been found ... as evidenced by names such as Alligator Creek. Venomous snakes are rare on the island and are not considered to be a serious ...
Sea monsters lived in every ocean from the seven-headed crocodile-serpent Leviathan of Hebrew myth to the sea-god Koloowisi of ... The Aztec underworld, Mictlan was protected by python-trees, a gigantic alligator and a snake, all of which spirits had to ...
Family Crocodylidae (crocodiles) American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) VU IUCN Family Chelydridae (snapping turtles) Alligator ... alligator lizards, and relatives) Panamint alligator lizard (Elgaria panamintina) VU IUCN Family Colubridae (colubrid snakes) ...
Cuban crocodiles also demonstrate the jumping feeding technique seen in other crocodilians, such as the American alligator. By ... The crocodile couple has produced numerous children since 1984. One of the crocodiles was involved in an attack on a human in ... The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) is a small-medium species of crocodile endemic to Cuba. Typical length is 2.1-2.3 m ... The Cuban crocodile, while not a particularly large species, is often regarded as the most aggressive New World crocodile and ...
... including American alligators and Nile crocodiles in the Journal of Experimental Biology. This garnered public attention in the ... Nature 491, 304 (15 November 2012) Crocs have super-sensitive jaws Crocodile Skin Confers Delicate Touch Sense (BLP articles ...
Saltwater crocodile, and Siberian tiger. In 1996, 12 young crocodiles from Thailand were brought to the park. All of them were ... Chinese alligator, lion, black panther, vulture, peacock, cougar (Mountain Lion), Bactrian camel, giraffe, Asian elephant, ... The Saltwater crocodiles remained at the Park until it closed in 1997 and were then taken to Shek Kwu Chau. On 31 March 1997, ... offspring of the world's largest crocodile, recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. Its star attraction was an Asian ...
"About the Refuge - Alligator River - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 25 February 2019. "About the ... "About the Refuge - Crocodile Lake". US Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 8 March 2019. "About the Refuge - Crystal River". ...
Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Enaliosaurians. London: Treuttel, Wurz, and Co., 85 pp. [Published May 1831]. Turtle Taxonomy ... State Park Two-year-old captive-raised snapping turtle from Pennsylvania Female next to can to show size Skeleton of alligator ...
Many of the figures are supposed to resemble four-footed animals; some crocodiles; and others birds. The evil spirits are ... Nabikim were created in the image of animals such as Cows, Elephants, Tigers, Alligators and other animals. These caricatures ...
Both slender-snouted crocodiles and dwarf crocodiles show high degrees of specialization when it comes to nest building, ... On the one hand, the exclusion of Gavialis and Alligator may have affected the results. Another reason may be the change in ... Dwarf crocodiles prefer to nest in swamp environments while slender-snouted crocodiles nest close to riverbanks. Accordingly, a ... the New Guinea crocodile and the Borneo crocodile. One feature that is unique to Kinyang is the fact that the lateral ...
Above the waist it was semi-anthropomorphic; though its chest...had the leathery, reticulated hide of a crocodile or alligator ...
Dápu: crocodile deity who holds the earth on her back; a nunu or earth goddess, and known as the mother ocean Láwû: a giant ... some Spanish chroniclers had been lost in their account about Bathala Maykapal and promptly asserted that he is an alligator , ... Bernardo Carpio - The Hispanized avatar of the gigantic underworld crocodile that cause earthquake in pre-colonial Tagalog ... or crocodile. If they wish to say "the eclipse of the moon" it is very common among them to use this locution, saying "Linamon ...
... "some of the largest Crocodiles and Alligators in Florida," built by Cecil Clemons in 1957. One of the state's first alligator ... attractions, it also has the largest captive breeding colony of American crocodiles in North America. On October 21, 2016, a ...
Other game species include: American alligator American bullfrog Common snapping turtle Rattlesnake Crow Cowbird Raven Dove ... Deer and sambar Duck Magpie geese Dingo European rabbit Feral cat Red fox Wild pig Wild goat Kangaroo Emu Crocodile (Saltwater ...
They also took into account that experiments with alligator carcasses show that the range of motion is greater in elbows ... which is the modern crocodile that eats the most fish. The nasal openings were also retracted back on the jaws, similar to ... similar to birds and crocodiles, and thereby more oxygen than a bidirectional respiratory system of mammals (wherein the air ...
The Florida Everglades is the only place in the world where both crocodiles and alligators coexist. The saltwater crocodile ... alligators and crocodiles are common in wetlands of some regions. In freshwater wetlands of the Southeastern US, alligators are ... Mazzotti, F.J.; Best, G.R.; Brandt, L.A.; Cherkiss, M.S.; Jeffery, B.M.; Rice, K.G. (2009). "Alligators and crocodiles as ... Surveys of tidal river systems in the Northern Territory of Australia and their crocodile populations (Vol. 1). Pergamon Press ...
Bravard named it Crocodilus australis in 1858, believing that it was a species of crocodile due to its elongated maxilla. It ... Florentino Ameghino placed it in Alligator in 1898, until it was finally placed in Caiman in 2012. Some additional fossils have ... Riff, D., Romano, P. S. R., Oliveira, G. R., & Aguilera, O. A. (2010). Neogene crocodile and turtle fauna in northern South ...
The "slick" troopships used the radio callsign "Alligator" or "Gator", the gunships used the callsign "Crocodiles" or "Crocs". ...
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This large alligator was spotted lurking in Anahuac, Tex. ... Alligators vs. Crocodiles: Photos Reveal Whos Who. By Live ... Nile crocodiles are among the fiercest predators in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, yet their population has shrunk due to ... The ancient crocodile relative Pakasuchus kapilimai likely snagged insects and small mammals for food. (Shown here in an ... The dwarf crocodile O. tetraspis eats a captures a land crab at Loango National Park, Gabon. ...
The alligator uses its powerful tail to propel itself through water. While alligators ... The American alligator has a large, dark, slightly rounded body and thick limbs. ... Crocodiles are gray-green or olive-green. There are a few visible differences between alligators and crocodiles. Crocodiles ... South Florida is the only place where you can find both crocodiles and alligators. American alligators occur in Florida, ...
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Crocodile Rock, more like Alligator Rap by Melissa Tunstall October 22, 2013. ... Then monsters came to life on docks, abandoned canoes revealed skeletons and light shows, and zombies braved the alligator- ...
Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park and Crocodile Crossing Zip Line by: Hybrid Design, INC and Avid Design Group, LLC ... A Chinese Alligator in Heliox: Format Frequencies in a Crocodilian. *Crocodylian Head Width Allometry and Phylogenetic ... Why do crocodiles sit with their mouths open?. * ... Crocodile Food. *Crocodilian Enrichment: The good, the bad, and ... Divergent Morphology among Populations of the New Guinea Crocodile, Crocodylus novaeguineae (Schmidt, 1928): Diagnosis of an ...
Researchers have discovered that alligators and crocodiles possess one of the most acute senses of touch in the animal kingdom. ... Baby alligator in an aquarium. (Michael Todd/Vanderbilt University). Scientists who have studied crocodiles and alligators have ... Crocodiles and alligators are notorious for their thick skin and well-armored bodies. So it comes as something of a surprise to ... The sensors also appear to provide the sensitivity that female alligators and crocodiles need to delicately break open their ...
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Are Alligators the Same as Crocodiles? No, but it often takes a very close look to see the difference. They are both long, ... Also, crocodiles generally grow to be longer than alligators.. Crocodiles are more aggressive than alligators. Alligators ... Are Alligators the Same as Crocodiles?. Are Alligators the Same as Crocodiles? No, but it often takes a very close look to see ... The crocodiles snout is long and narrow and pointed, while the alligator has a shorter, broader snout. Crocodiles have a ...
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  • Alligators are large, semi-aquatic carnivorous reptiles with four small legs and a very large, long tail. (animalcorner.org)
  • Alligators are cold blooded (ectothermic) and like most reptiles they do not make their own body heat. (animalcorner.org)
  • Crocodiles, alligators, and gharials are giant aquatic reptiles that exist in regions throughout the world. (bioexplorer.net)
  • They're the largest reptiles on the planet, especially the saltwater crocodile. (healthierpetstoday.com)
  • Crocodiles and alligators are two families of reptiles that belong to the Crocodylia order. (leozoo.org)
  • Louisiana estimates there are now 2 million wild alligators in the state and another 900,000 on alligator farms, which collect eggs from the wild and return 10% of the captive-raised reptiles once they're big enough to have no wild predators. (therepublic.com)
  • In Cuba, the species coexists with the American crocodile ( Crocodylus acutus ). (livescience.com)
  • T he rainforests of Asia, Africa, Australia and the South Pacific are home to a variety of crocodile species of different sizes, from the 5-foot-long dwarf crocodile of West Africa to the giant saltwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus porosus ) of Northern Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea and Southeast Asia. (allaboutwildlife.com)
  • T he apex crocodilian of Africa's rainforest rivers and swamps is the Nile crocodile ( Crocodylus niloticus ) which reaches lengths of 17 or 18 feet. (allaboutwildlife.com)
  • The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the biggest of all living crocodilians. (tipilandia.es)
  • They are "mugger" or " Crocodylus palustris ," "saltwater crocodile" or " Crocodylus porosus ," "Philippine crocodile" or " Crocodylus mindorensis," "New Guinea crocodile" or " Crocodylus novaeguineae," "Siamese crocodile" or " Crocodylus siamensis," "gharials" or " Gavialis gangeticus ," "false gharial" or " Tomistoma schlegelii ," and "Chinese alligator" or "Alligator sinensis . (jfsmonline.com)
  • We report, for the first time, WNV infection in crocodiles ( Crocodylus niloticus ). (cdc.gov)
  • Crocodilia, the Genus that includes Crocodiles, Alligators and Caimans Crocodilia is a genus that includes crocodiles, alligators, gharials and caimans. (crocoworld.com)
  • Differences between Crocodiles, Alligators and Caimans Crocodiles are often mistaken for alligators and caimans. (crocoworld.com)
  • The alligator family includes caimans (a Central and South American group of crocodilians). (leozoo.org)
  • Crocodylians are the 27 species of crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials that live all over Earth today, except for in Europe and Antarctica . (theconversation.com)
  • Although crocodiles, alligators and gharials look alike, there are technical differences between them. (bioexplorer.net)
  • Eusuchia have three categories - alligators, crocodiles and gharials. (factcity.com)
  • The other names to American alligators are gators and common alligators. (bioexplorer.net)
  • Crocodiles can be tan or lighter brown than gators, who can be black-skinned or even greyish. (factcity.com)
  • The program has been so successful that about 1,000 "nuisance alligators" - gators that are more than 4 feet long and threaten people, livestock or pets - are removed each year in the state. (therepublic.com)
  • Good thing alligators don't eat turtles! (smugmug.com)
  • Crocodiles belong to the reptile family, which also includes snakes, turtles, and lizards. (bioexplorer.net)
  • An ancient ironreveals new mysteries: mummy DNA ressurects a cryptic species with the Nile crocodile. (alligatorfarm.com)
  • Our moderator was tagging for this picture: Nile Crocodile, Crocodile, Alligator. (maxpixel.net)
  • In fact, the Nile crocodile ranges far beyond the rain forests to inhabit most of the continent's rivers and lakes. (allaboutwildlife.com)
  • Nile Crocodile and American Alligator have a very recognizable appearance from its natural scale pattern on the belly of the hide. (oakandhoneyleather.com)
  • Its cousin, the Nile crocodile , can live anywhere from 70 years to 100 years of age . (africafreak.com)
  • Chinese alligator, called Alligator sinensis, in the Yangtze River. (livescience.com)
  • Alligators strongly favor freshwater while some species of crocodile live in seawater. (juniorsbook.com)
  • Living in the bodies of freshwater, the American alligator is slightly larger than the Chinese alligator. (bioexplorer.net)
  • The Australian Freshwater Crocodile is also known as Johnstone's crocodile or freshie . (bioexplorer.net)
  • These freshwater crocodiles are usually in still or very slow-moving waters. (bioexplorer.net)
  • You'll find alligators enjoy freshwater sources - meaning you'll spot them in lakes and vast bodies of water - while crocodiles are saltwater lovers. (factcity.com)
  • Therefore, from what we've learned so far, crocodiles are bigger and meaner than their freshwater cousins! (factcity.com)
  • There are a few visible differences between alligators and crocodiles. (defenders.org)
  • However, did you know that there are actually more differences between alligators and crocodiles than just their names? (factcity.com)
  • Of the 23 crocodilian species, two families are significant to us, crocodiles vs alligators, but what are their differences? (leozoo.org)
  • While crocodiles and alligators may seem identical at first glance, there are some diagnostic differences between these crocodilian families. (leozoo.org)
  • Aside from the physical differences between crocodiles and alligators, there are several differences between members of the alligator and crocodile families, respectively. (leozoo.org)
  • No differences were discernible in either the seroprevalence rate or in the average titers of crocodiles from two different breeding farms. (cdc.gov)
  • To date, the Alligator Farm Zoological Park features a variety of interesting animals, including of course a large variety of native alligators. (stfrancisinn.com)
  • South Florida is the only place where you can find both crocodiles and alligators. (defenders.org)
  • American alligators occur in Florida, southern Texas, Louisiana and parts of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, with the alligator's range appearing to inch northward in the last few years. (defenders.org)
  • American crocodiles are found in southern Florida, the Caribbean, southern Mexico and along the Central American coast south to Venezuela. (defenders.org)
  • Roughly 1.25 million alligators live in the state of Florida. (defenders.org)
  • The Independent Florida Alligator has been independent of the university since 1971, your donation today could help #SaveStudentNewsrooms. (alligator.org)
  • American crocodiles can be found in only one location in the United States: Florida. (animalcorner.org)
  • Crocodiles in Florida live mostly in Everglades and Biscayne national parks. (tipilandia.es)
  • No. Crocodiles are only found in South Florida, in the United States. (tipilandia.es)
  • The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is one of the oldest continually running attractions in not just the state of Florida, but the country as well. (stfrancisinn.com)
  • But opponents say the proposal is an effort to boost the chances of lawsuits filed by state of Louisiana and companies in California, Florida and Texas against the state of California over its decision to ban the import and sale of alligator products. (therepublic.com)
  • from central Florida ( 1 ) and one captive crocodile monitor ( Varanus salvadori ) with neurologic signs from the District of Columbia and Maryland area ( 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • A child poses with Lyle the Crocodile and Albert the Gator at a UF Health Shands Hospital event where President Kent Fuchs and his wife read 'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile' to a group of children Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. (alligator.org)
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  • Alligator leather handbags or crocodile leather handbags are the best handbags that you can get. (ourruo.com)
  • Alligator and crocodile leather have the ability to give your handbag a perfect and elegant look. (ourruo.com)
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  • Crocodile Porosus is the most expensive crocodile leather currently available on the market. (hotaqua.ru)
  • Crocodilia Species There are 23 different crocodile species that have been identified. (crocoworld.com)
  • Currently there are 23 different types of crocodile species have been identified and classified in the reptile order - Crocodilia . (bioexplorer.net)
  • The crocodile's snout is long and narrow and pointed, while the alligator has a shorter, broader snout. (juniorsbook.com)
  • Alligators also tend to be shorter and have a broader snout than crocodiles. (animalcorner.org)
  • Fish, birds, tortoises, and other animals are all consumed by the alligator and crocodile. (animalcorner.org)
  • Crocodiles have been here on earth for about 240 million years , appeared at least 25 million years before the first dinosaurs and 100 million years before the birds and mammals came into existence. (bioexplorer.net)
  • or simply stroll an elevated boardwalk, coming within feet of sunbathing alligators and wading birds. (aarp.org)
  • While many of the animals are nocturnal or hidden in the forage and vegetation visitors will likely still see many birds, fish, alligators and more. (evergladesairboattours.vip)
  • Crocodiles may look quite prehistoric, however, they are the most advanced reptile of our time. (animalcorner.org)
  • The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile and crocodilian known. (animalcorner.org)
  • The American alligator is a giant crocodilian reptile endemic to the Southeastern United States. (bioexplorer.net)
  • Crocodiles have slender snouts, while alligators' are broader. (defenders.org)
  • Alligators have U-shaped snouts, while crocodiles have V-shaped ones. (animalcorner.org)
  • Unlike their crocodile cousins, they have rounded snouts with up to 80 teeth perfectly fitting in their powerful jaws, whereas the crocodile's bottom teeth are visible. (healthierpetstoday.com)
  • You'll also tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator thanks to their snouts. (factcity.com)
  • Alligators, meanwhile, have much wider snouts. (factcity.com)
  • However, it has been observed that these crocodiles are illegally poached and trafficked for their lucrative skin, meats, eggs, snouts, and bones in medicinal and cosmetic industries. (jfsmonline.com)
  • Crocodiles have an elongated snout giving them a "triangular" shape. (leozoo.org)
  • Alligators have a broader, "blunt" snout , giving them more of a "U-shape. (leozoo.org)
  • Oct 01, · The saltwater crocodile is the largest crocodile species in the world. (tipilandia.es)
  • Crocodiles into " Crocodylidae ," and alligators into "Alligatoridae. (leozoo.org)
  • Adult male American alligators measure 3.4 to 4.8 m (11.2 to 15.7 ft) in length, and can weigh up to 560 kg (1,230 lb), making it the largest member of the family Alligatoridae. (animalcorner.org)
  • Among all 23 crocodile species, nine species occur in Asia and its surroundings, including the only member of Gavialidae and Alligatoridae family. (jfsmonline.com)
  • They're fierce rivals to crocodiles, and with their jaw strength, they can easily win a fight against a croc in one big chomp. (healthierpetstoday.com)
  • Therefore, on sheer probability alone, you're more likely to run into a croc than you are a gator. (factcity.com)
  • Alligator jaws tend to be much wider than crocodile jaws, which is why a croc is never too afraid to show you its smile. (factcity.com)
  • Take for example the largest of the croc species, the saltwater crocodile. (africafreak.com)
  • However, true alligators only live in two places in the world, and neither is a rainforest environment: the Southeastern US and the Yangtze River in China . (allaboutwildlife.com)
  • the same teeth in the alligator are concealed inside a special cavity. (juniorsbook.com)
  • The easiest way to tell the difference between a crocodile and an alligator is by looking at their teeth. (animalcorner.org)
  • When their mouths are shut, you can see the top teeth of an alligator, but not a crocodile. (animalcorner.org)
  • Crocodiles have extremely powerful jaws capable of biting down with 3,000 pounds of pressure per square inch and sharp teeth for tearing flesh, however, a crocodile cannot open their mouth if it is being held closed. (animalcorner.org)
  • Alligators' teeth tend to hide well. (factcity.com)
  • Thanks to the ways that their mouths differ, most crocodiles will have one or two teeth that hang over the edge of their mouths when shut. (factcity.com)
  • These rings occur in the bones and teeth of the crocodile. (africafreak.com)
  • Invasive aspergillosis in patients admitted to Crocodiles, Zambia, 2019 the intensive care unit with severe influenza: a retrospective cohort study. (cdc.gov)
  • After years of exempting alligators from its ban on dealing in endangered or threatened species, California lawmakers in 2019 voted to ban importing or possessing "the dead body, or a part or product thereof, of a crocodile or alligator. (therepublic.com)
  • If the 1980s blockbuster Crocodile Dundee had been filmed in the U.S. instead of Australia's rugged Northern Territory, it's safe to say this park would have made the ideal backdrop: The Everglades also happen to be the only place in the U.S. where alligators and crocodiles coexist. (aarp.org)
  • When you look at an alligator from the side, its belly slopes up to meet its back, while a crocodile's belly hangs down low. (animalcorner.org)
  • Moving on to the crocodile itself, these large lizards have been known for cannibalistic tendencies and will often swallow smaller crocodiles whole, which ultimately thins out their already endangered species. (healthierpetstoday.com)
  • Given that there are 13 species of crocodile, the average lifespan varies. (africafreak.com)
  • The taxonomy classification for the American alligator was done by François Marie Daudin (French Zoologist) in 1802. (bioexplorer.net)
  • NEW ORLEANS - In the Trump administration's last days, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a change to rules protecting alligators - a change that opponents consider an end run around the chance that Louisiana might lose a federal court challenge to California's ban on alligator products. (therepublic.com)
  • Brendan Cummings, conservation director for the Center for Biological Diversity, said that while the proposed rule would "technically" affect only alligators, it could set a much broader precedent on the boundaries of state and federal wildlife management. (therepublic.com)
  • T he black caiman of the Amazon rainforest is often mistaken for an alligator, which it closely resembles. (allaboutwildlife.com)
  • Weighing up to 2000 lbs, American crocodiles are dangerous to humans. (bioexplorer.net)
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  • The ancient crocodile relative Pakasuchus kapilimai likely snagged insects and small mammals for food. (livescience.com)
  • It is famous for feeding on large mammals, and in the savannah areas of Africa, crocodiles often lurk in rivers near places where migrating zebras, wildebeests and other animals are in the habit of crossing. (allaboutwildlife.com)
  • Alligators are a keystone species benefiting the marshes, swamps, rivers and lakes where they live and many other species found within their natural community. (defenders.org)
  • You'll pass through coastal marshes, swamps and other environments before arriving at a saltwater habitat with crocodiles. (aarp.org)
  • American alligators are still listed as threatened to ensure regulation of products that could easily be mistaken for those from endangered Chinese alligators - the only other alligator species - or from crocodiles that also are endangered or threatened. (therepublic.com)
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  • When their mouths are closed, the large, fourth tooth in the lower jaw of an alligator fits into a socket in the upper jaw and is not visible, while the fourth tooth on the bottom jaw of the crocodile is visible. (defenders.org)
  • The dwarf crocodile O. tetraspis eats a captures a land crab at Loango National Park, Gabon. (livescience.com)
  • The crocodile is more widely distributed throughout the world than the alligator, and one reason for their huge range is their ability to tolerate saltwater, which is uncommon among alligators. (animalcorner.org)
  • In alligators, the spots are concentrated around their face and jaws. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • Scanning electron microscope image of the jaws of an crocodile clearly show the sensory spots dotting its skin. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • The sensors also appear to provide the sensitivity that female alligators and crocodiles need to delicately break open their eggs when they are ready to hatch and to protect their hatchlings by carrying them in their jaws, the same jaws that can clamp down on prey with a force of more than 2,000 psi. (vanderbilt.edu)
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  • By conserving habitat and strictly controlling hunting and trade, we have been able to increase the population to the point where sustainable harvest programs provide economic incentives to conserve alligators and their aquatic habitats. (defenders.org)
  • Although alligators and crocodiles have different ranges and habitats that only overlap in a tiny region of the United States, each species may be found throughout other regions of the world. (animalcorner.org)
  • The alligator uses its powerful tail to propel itself through water. (defenders.org)
  • Crocodiles have webbed feet which, although not used to propel the animal through the water, allow it to make fast turns and sudden moves in the water or initiate swimming. (animalcorner.org)
  • The American crocodile is one of the most widespread crocodile species in the Americas (North and South). (bioexplorer.net)
  • Crocodiles, meanwhile, are more widespread. (factcity.com)
  • In turn, the only predator a medium-size or larger saltwater crocodile needs to worry about is the tiger. (allaboutwildlife.com)
  • A crocodiles physical traits allow it to be a successful predator. (animalcorner.org)
  • Crocodiles, on the whole, have narrower noses. (factcity.com)
  • The American alligator has a large, dark, slightly rounded body and thick limbs. (defenders.org)
  • The American alligator is a stunning example of a species that has fully recovered in large part due to protections provided by the Endangered Species Act. (defenders.org)
  • An estimated 5 million American alligators are spread out across the southeastern United States. (defenders.org)
  • Decidedly less aggressive than the infamous Nile and Australian crocodiles, American crocodiles are shy, reclusive and rarely seen by people. (defenders.org)
  • As a result, Leitch began a detailed investigation of the ISOs and their neural connections in both American alligators and Nile crocodiles. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • In 1807, Georges Cuvier , a French naturalist has added the American crocodile to the binomial classification. (bioexplorer.net)
  • The black caiman is another enormous crocodile, along with the American crocodile growing up to 20 feet in length. (bioexplorer.net)
  • The government is taking comments until March 22 on the proposal to remove 12 words that let states regulate sales or transfers of "any American alligator specimen" within their boundaries. (therepublic.com)
  • Louisiana is arguing, however, that private landowners' conservation efforts are largely responsible for the rebound of the American alligator and its removal from the endangered species list. (therepublic.com)
  • And the American crocodile lives to a maximum of 70 years old. (africafreak.com)
  • American alligators, caiman and American crocodile. (evergladesairboattours.vip)
  • However, you are more than likely to see only American Alligators on a tour. (evergladesairboattours.vip)
  • While taking photos with the kids, Albert taught Lyle how to do the Gator chomp. (alligator.org)
  • My first Gator chomp eight years ago was left over right," he said. (alligator.org)
  • Alligators and crocodiles actually belong to the same genetic group, Eusuchia. (factcity.com)