crocodile

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In keeping with my longstanding policy of avoiding actions that might put me between the jaws of a crocodile, the expedition is not exactly the kind that might entice me to find my wading boots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

A newly-identified species of ancient crocodile has been named after an "inspirational" teacher by the scientist leading the research.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 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

Once in a while we killed a crocodile in the river and ate it, but often we would go for days without food.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau