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T-Rex is by far the most famous of dinosaur species. For 150 years, Tyrannosaurus rex was considered the largest carnivorous species that have ever roamed the earth. And it was, indeed, a huge beast - up to 12.8 (42 ft) in length and 7.2 tonnes in weight. Bigger than an elephant! Meanwhile, in 1993, a longer carnivor... |
7 May 2008
04:03 GMT |
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Nowadays, the seas belong mainly to fish and sea mammals. But during the Mesozoic time, the sea was a reptilian realm. There are very few reptiles living in the sea now compared to the times of the dinosaurs. 1.Today, there are seven species of sea turtles. They appeared during the Jurassic period (200-150 Ma ago), t... |
21 April 2008
11:26 GMT |
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Today, only five groups of reptiles still exist: chelonians (turtles and terrapins), Sphenodontia (the tuatara of New Zealand), lizards, snakes and crocodilians (crocodiles, alligators and caymans). (there is also a recently recognized group related to lizards and snakes, Amphisbaenia). They are relict groups (except... |
18 April 2008
16:11 GMT |
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We rather associate alligators and crocodiles with death, but these creatures could one day save your life, as a research team signaled at the 235th national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Blood proteins of the alligators could deliver new powerful antibiotics against infections accompanying diabetic ulcer... |
8 April 2008
02:47 GMT |
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Crocodiles are the closest living relatives of dinosaurs (if we exclude birds). Surprisingly or not, they evolved from land animals, fact revealed for example by their longer hind limbs. The first crocodiles during the Triassic (early Mesozoic) even ran on two feet!Now, a Brazilian team has described in a study publi... |
27 March 2008
05:29 GMT |
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What makes crocodiles and alligators so feared is not only their sheer power and enormous toothed jaws, but also the stealth of their attacks: there's no ripple warning the victim that the huge monster is approaching until the quick deadly dash. Researchers have been puzzled at the smoothness of their movement i... |
15 March 2008
06:57 GMT |
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Everglades National Park was founded in 1947 in southern Florida to protect the fauna and flora of a territory of 600,000 hectares (6,000 square km or 2,400 square mi) of an unique but fragile beauty, one of the ecologically most menaced American territories. 1.400 mi (2.200 km) of canals and 125 surveillance structu... |
29 February 2008
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Crocodiles do deserve they reputation: they hunt and eat everything, from fish and other small preys to buffalo and cattle; even lions were drawn and eaten by crocodiles. All this without mentioning the threat they pose to people. And a large meal can be enough for them for one year: crocodiles can ingest up to 23% o... |
5 February 2008
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Crocodiles are the living relatives of the only surviving Archosauria group of reptiles (birds are directly evolved from dinosaurs, thus living dinosaurs). But what you may have not suspected is that crocodiles evolved from land animals (even if you are accustomed with the image of the beast stalking in the water), f... |
1 February 2008
03:19 GMT |
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1. The largest crocodile species is saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), encountered from India to northern Australia and Fiji. In can reach 7 m (23 ft) in length and 1 tonne in weight! At 5 m (17 ft) length, it already has 0.5 tonne!Even so, a crocodile egg is no larger than that of a goose!The smallest crocodi... |
3 November 2007
08:06 GMT |
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Some beliefs are due to a lack of scientific knowledge, some come from legends and others are the cause of misspellings from one language to another or even sensory illusions! Here are just 10 of them:1.Camels do not store water in their humps. This widespread belief comes from the fact that, while crossing the deser... |
7 July 2007
07:32 GMT |
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Allegations about lousy conditions on the state-run Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung, the second largest city of Taiwan, where a crocodile bit off the forearm of a veterinarian last month seem to explain the attack. The gruesome incident, which took place on April 11, was captured in photos wide spread by international med... |
19 May 2007
05:55 GMT |
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Steve Irwin made famous through his crocodile wrestling the spectacular spin with its devastating results of these reptiles. Now a team made of a biologist and physicist, based on high-speed video recordings of young alligators spinning realized a scientific approach to this behavior. This way, they created a first m... |
4 April 2007
05:39 GMT |
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Crocodiles are as old as dinosaurs. Now, researchers made an astonishing discovery from the period when crocodiles' prey was formed by dinosaurs. The fossil compasses about 50 % of a 1.8-2.4 m (6- 8-ft) crocodile, including long, needlepoint teeth found imbedded in Jurassic rock on private property in the Snowsh... |
19 March 2007
10:32 GMT |
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