17/06/2023
Hello Travel Peeps!
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ highlights the plight of endangered crocodiles ๐, and your ๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ณ๐๐ง๐ข๐ team has tremendous respect for these impressive animals. Our clients (and us) enjoy observing them in the wild during ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ณ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข ๐ and we respectfully keep our distance ๐.
Here are some facts about crocodiles along with a video ๐ฝ๏ธ, which we trust youโll enjoy. Want to see crocs in real? Contact us ๐ง at ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ@๐๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ญ.๐๐จ๐ฆ and weโll plan your safari because Africa ๐ is home to over 600,000 crocodiles and ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ณ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐น๐ฟ (which makes Tanzania one of the best places to see them)
Before we give you some facts, note that crocodiles are easily confused with alligators, but there are differences between the two:
- Primary difference: the shape of their snout, as a crocโs snout forms a long, pointed V-lie shape while an gatorโs is more rounded and u-shaped
- Crocodiles are usually much larger than alligators
- Crocs are also much more aggressive than alligators, which makes them more dangerous.
Did you know thatโฆ
- Of all the animals in the world, the crocodileโs ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ is the strongest ๐ฆท
- Crocodiles can live in both ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ and ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ
- The ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐, which you will see with aktiv planet in Tanzania, is more aggressive than the Australian ๐ฆ๐บ saltwater croc
- The ๐
๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ in the USA ๐บ๐ธ is the only place in the world where crocodiles and alligators live together
- Crocs were around before the ๐๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฆ
- With an average of 75 crocodiles per square mile, the Tรกrcoles River in Costa Rica has the world's ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง of crocodiles ๐จ๐ท
- When a female crocodile lays ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ (up to 60 at a time), the temperature of the nest determines the s*x of the babies: less than 32 Celsius and itโs a girl; more and itโs a boy ๐ฅ
- ๐๐๐๐ฒ crocodiles in their egg (buried in sand) alert their mothers that they are ready to hatch properly. The mother crocodile hears them, digs up the eggs, defends the babies until they hatch, and takes them to the river where theyโll be able to feed off insects in the water
- 99% of all young crocodiles are ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ง in their first year of life
- ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐, who hung around Lake Tanganyika, holds the record for killing up to 200 people (allegedly). He possibly died in 2019 (he was over 100 years of age)
- Crocodiles' ๐ฃ๐๐ฐ๐ฌ can't move sideways, meaning these reptiles can't grind food down in a traditional chewing motion
- Crocodiles swallow ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ to help with basic digestion, to crush and grate food since they can eat their prey whole
- Crocodiles can hold their breath ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ for at least one hour without coming up for a breath of air as they can reduce their heart rate to 2-3 beats per minute
Ref ๐๏ธ: nationaldaycalendar; a-z.animals; wikepedia; facts.net
Photos ๐ท and movie: royalty-free; aktiv planet
Imagery ๐ผ๏ธ: created by aktiv planet
Music ๐ผ: royalty-free (may not play in certain locations per legal restrictions)
