crocodile

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“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

“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

Although it is now known to belong to a mekosuchine crocodile, the specimen initially confused him.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

The gruesome trials often require celebrities to eat delicacies like kangaroo anus, crocodile penis and sheep semen, or be trapped with creatures such as snakes, cockroaches and rats.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Sure enough, the crocodile emerged from the water and demanded to know who had eaten all his food.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly