crocodile

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A baby Nile crocodile lived for weeks in a horse trough.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

"Bipedalism is certainly a unique path for crocodile relatives to take, but it's a path well-trod by dinosaurs and later birds. It obviously worked for these animals."

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

It is an incredibly ugly gruesome-looking animal, rather like a baby crocodile but with a shorter head.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl