Your Daily Facts about Crocodiles
There are 23 species of crocodiles.
Crocodiles can weigh up to 2,000 lbs.
Crocodiles can grow up to 20 ft long.
The lifespan of a Crocodile is 60-70 years.
Crocodiles are reptiles that live both on land and in water. Like other reptiles, they breathe air.
Unlike most other reptiles crocodiles do not shed their skin but grow into it instead.
Crocodiles egg is no larger than that of a goose.
Crocodile eggs take about 85 days, to incubate.
Crocodiles can have as few as 8 eggs and as many as 80.
99% of the crocodile offspring are eaten in the fist year of life.
Crocodiles do not have sweat glands.
Crocodiles have the most highly developed brains of all the reptiles.
The crocodiles jaw can open and shut but not move from side to side.
One of the largest known populations of American crocodiles is in the Dominican Republic’s Lago Enriquillo, a landlocked, hypersaline lake located about 131 ft (40 m) below sea level.
Crocodiles have three eyelids: two leathery protective eyelids and one clear or translucent one.
The nostrils of a crocodile close when diving.
Crocodiles have been around for more than 200 million years.
You can tell an alligator from a crocodile by looking at its snout. Crocs have long, narrow snouts; gators have rounded ones.
Crocodiles can live for months without eating because they do not use much energy.
If it remains inactive, the Nile crocodile can stay underwater for two hours.
On land, the crocodile can move at speeds up to 30 MPH for short distances.
Female crocodiles reach sexual maturity at around 8 feet and 8 years of age and a male at about 10 feet and ten years.