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Nile Crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
-25.1197, 31.9161
Field Notes
Description:
Respect the jaws of a crocodile!
About 200 people may die each year in the jaws of a Nile crocodile.
Falling coconuts kill about 150 people each year.
Sharks kill about 5 people a year.
Habitat:
Spotted at the river bank and in the water at Crocodile River. The first one was seen in the afternoon, the one in the water was seen in the middle of the day.
Notes:
Picture 2-3 shows a different croc than pic 1, spotted 27 April 2013 in the same river. The main reason for adding pic 2-3 is to show how good camouflaged they are in water.
The diet of the Nile crocodile is mainly fish, but it will attack almost anything unfortunate enough to cross its path .It can eat up to half its body weight at a feeding.
Average life span in the wild: 45 years
Size: 16 ft (5 m)
Weight: 500 lbs (225 kg)
One unusual characteristic of this fearsome predator is its caring nature as a parent. Where most reptiles lay their eggs and move on, mother and father Nile crocs ferociously guard their nests until the eggs hatch, and they will often roll the eggs gently in their mouths to help hatching babies emerge.
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