crocodile

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

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

In the early 1800s, Barbara Rawdon-Hastings, the fossil-hunting Marchioness of Hastings, collected skulls of crocodile relatives from the area, including one that Richard Owen later named after her.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

The crocodile was posing next to the stone makara, glancing at the statue and grinning as if to say Hey guys!

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi