Saturday, February 16, 2013

Crocodlies- And Ice Age

Hey everyone! Ok, I'm watching Ice Age 2 right now. I was just flipping through the channels, then I see Ice Age. I love the movies. Almost everyone i know has seen all of them. I first see the part when the crocodiles are chasing them across the ice. Then I start wondering what crocodiles DID in that time. So i had my kindle with me, so I pull it out, and start looking up prehistoric crocodiles, and I find some pretty awesome stuff. I first looked up pictures, because why would you try to learn something if you can't see a picture of it? It sometimes helps me to look at a picture with history stuff like this or whatever you would call it. Anyway, here are some pictures so people came up with. (Thank you internet!)     


I have no idea why these guys are swimming together. It looks like one wouldn't mind eating the other! Yikes!
Anyway, another picture!
Ok, this crocodile didn't sleep so well last night... Gosh, I fell bad for the little dinosaur in the picture... If only they had dinosaur police back then...
Anyway, now some information about these crocodiles.
Crocodile (Crocodylidae) is a large aquatic tetrapod that lives throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Lizards, snakes and crocodiles are all scaled diaspids, but crocodiles are archosaurs, which means they are genetically closer to birds and the extinct dinsosaurs. Crocodylidae is classified as a biological family or subfamily.
The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodile : which includes the crocodiles of Crocodylidae, the alligator and caimans (family Alligatoridae) and the gharials (family Gavialidae), and the rest of Crocodylomorpha, which includes prehistoric crocodile relatives and ancestors.
Crocodiles tend to congregate in freshwater habitats such as rivers, lakes, wetlands and sometimes in brackish water. They feed mostly on vertebrates (fish, reptiles, and mammals), and sometimes on invertebrates (molluscs and crustaceans), depending on species. They first appeared during the Eocene epoch, about 55 million years ago. I did copy this from a Wikipedia, if you are wondering. I think crocodiles are pretty interesting when you really get to see what they are like. I hope you guys enjoyed this post, because my mom is now making me go to bed. I could probably go on about crocodiles, but sadly here its is 9:05. Till next time! (Like, tomorrow.) :D :D :D :D :D
 

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