crocodile
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Crocs on Thursday is introducing a new member of its marketing team: a smiling, 6-foot crocodile mascot named Niles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The fossil containing the two crocodile relatives was excavated in 1948.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The parents of a three-year-old boy who was attacked in a crocodile enclosure say they are "amazed" at the progress he is making and that he is "smiling again".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The boy was attacked by at least one crocodile at Johnsons of Old Hurst near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on 18 June.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
I know that to mean fake tears of a crocodile.
From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai
In Zambia’s Kafue National Park, Ila Safari Lodge, owned by Green Safaris, has its own solar-powered boat, which is used for expeditions in search of hippo pods and Nile crocodiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Although it resembled an enormous alligator, it belonged to an ancient lineage of crocodilians, the broader group that includes modern crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
During the late Triassic, the ancestors of crocodiles and the lineage that produced dinosaurs were both beginning to expand into new ecological roles.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Like tap dancing atop crocodiles, cold-water swimming is unlikely ever to become a mainstream pursuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
I had felt warm river sand on my bare feet and had smelled crocodiles.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
