A giant chelonioid turtle from the late Cretaceous of Morocco with a suction feeding apparatus unique among tetrapods. by Nathalie Bardet, Nour-Eddine Jalil, France de Lapparent de Broin, Damien Germain, Olivier Lambert, Mbarek Amaghzaz

“…Mesozoic (250-65 Myr) marine reptiles, such as ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurid squamates, crocodiles, and turtles, exhibit a wide range of adaptations to aquatic feeding and a broad overlap of their tooth morphospaces with those of Cenozoic marine mammals. …”
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Lots of movement, little progress: a review of reptile home range literature by Matthew Crane, Inês Silva, Benjamin M. Marshall, Colin T. Strine

“…Snakes were most often studied, and crocodiles were least often studied, while testudines tended to have the greatest within study sample sizes. …”
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Virgil re-purposed in the Old French «Roman d’Eneas» by Raymond Cormier

“…The first segment deals with the crocodiles found in the waters of “Libya” (i.e., Dido’s Carthage); mysteriously, they have no bowels. …”
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A juvenile subfossil crocodylian from Anjohibe Cave, Northwestern Madagascar by Joshua C. Mathews, Karen E. Samonds

“…Madagascar’s subfossil record preserves a diverse community of animals including elephant birds, pygmy hippopotamus, giant lemurs, turtles, crocodiles, bats, rodents, and carnivorans. These fossil accumulations give us a window into the island’s past from 80,000 years ago to a mere few hundred years ago, recording the extinction of some groups and the persistence of others. …”
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Binga's VaTonga communities involvement in Zambezi river fishery resource harvesting and management by Mark Makomborero Matsa, Oshneck Mupepi, John Hove, Beauty Dzawanda

“…Main challenges faced by fishers include disruption of activities by crocodiles and hippos, poaching by foreign people and fish markets. …”
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Modified reptile search algorithm with multi-hunting coordination strategy for global optimization problems by Di Wu, Changsheng Wen, Honghua Rao, Heming Jia, Qingxin Liu, Laith Abualigah

“…RSA simulates the whole process of crocodiles encircling and catching prey. Specifically, the encircling stage includes high walking and belly walking, and the hunting stage includes hunting coordination and cooperation. …”
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Geotourism Hazards and Carrying Capacity in Geosites of Sangkulirang-Mangkalihat Karst, Indonesia by Sunkar, Arzyana, Lakspriyanti, Anindika Putri, Haryono, Eko, Brahmi, Mohsen, Setiawan, Pindi, Jaya, Aziz Fardhani

“…The highest physical and biological hazards were the ravines in the Tewet cave, as well as a moderate level of risk, such as slippery, steep terrain and the presence of crocodiles. Meanwhile, the potential hazards faced by Nyadeng lake and Bloyot cave were classified as low risk. …”
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The <i>Stegodon</i> Bonebed of the Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Site Mata Menge (Flores, Indonesia): Taphonomic Agents in Site Formation by Meagan J. Powley, Indra Sutisna, Katarina M. Mikac, Unggul Prasetyo Wibowo, Gerrit D. van den Bergh

“…The Middle Pleistocene fluvial channel site of the Upper Fossil-bearing Interval at Mata Menge in the So’a Basin, Flores, Indonesia, has yielded the earliest fossil evidence for <i>Homo floresiensis</i> in association with stone artefacts and fossils of highly endemic insular fauna, including <i>Stegodon</i>, giant rats, crocodiles, Komodo dragons, and various birds. A preliminary taphonomic review of the fossil material here aimed to provide additional context for the hominin remains in this bonebed. …”
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Artisanal fisheries characteristics of the fresh water reaches of lower Nun River, Niger Delta, Nigeria. by JFN Abowei, AI Hart

“…A specie of Otta, Lutra macullicolis was present. Three species of crocodiles, Crococdylus niloticus Crocodylus cataphractus (Alligator) and Osteolaemus tetraspsis were also present. …”
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<i>Heterometrus spinifer</i>: An Untapped Source of Anti-Tumor Molecules by Morhanavallee Soopramanien, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ajnish Ghimire, Kuppusamy Sagathevan, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui

“…We have recently shown that the gut bacteria of animals living in polluted environments, such as crocodiles, are a potential source of novel anti-tumor molecules. …”
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Potential fish yield and biology of some fish in Lake Hertale, Afar regional state, Ethiopia by Alemayehu Wubie, Kibru Teshome, Gashaw Tesfaye

“…It was found that Lake Hertale is home to four important fish species, namely, Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), barbs (Lebobarbus intermidus), African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Common carp (Cyprinus carpio), Nile crocodiles, several species of birds and hippopotamus. …”
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Phylogenetic analysis of a new morphological dataset elucidates the evolutionary history of Crocodylia and resolves the long-standing gharial problem by Jonathan P. Rio, Philip D. Mannion

“…First appearing in the latest Cretaceous, Crocodylia is a clade of semi-aquatic, predatory reptiles, defined by the last common ancestor of extant alligators, caimans, crocodiles, and gharials. Despite large strides in resolving crocodylian interrelationships over the last three decades, several outstanding problems persist in crocodylian systematics. …”
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Dinosaur origin of egg color: oviraptors laid blue-green eggs by Jasmina Wiemann, Tzu-Ruei Yang, Philipp N. Sander, Marion Schneider, Marianne Engeser, Stephanie Kath-Schorr, Christa E. Müller, P. Martin Sander

“…Their closest extant relatives, crocodiles, protect their eggs by burial and have unpigmented eggs. …”
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Plant-based traditional foods and beverages of Gumare Village, Botswana by Nelson Tselaesele, Geremew Bultosa, Moenyane Molapisi, Shimane Makhabu, Rosemary Kobue-Lekalake, Gulelat Desse Haki, Bonno Sekwati-Monang, Eyassu Seifu, Gaone Mokhawa, Kethabile Sonno

“…In addition, they indicated the dangers of attacks by wild animals from veld by reptiles (for example snakes and pythons) and alligators (crocodiles) from rivers during the harvesting of raw materials used in traditional foods and dishes. …”
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An assessment of Post-Harvest Fish Losses (PHFLs) in the artisanal fishery of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe by Allen Mavuru, Lindah Mhlanga, Tamuka Nhiwatiwa

“…State seizures, predation by crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus), theft and destruction of gill-nets by kapenta fishing rigs were also ancillary factors contributing to PHFLs. …”
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Phylogenetic and syntenic data support a single horizontal transference to a Trypanosoma ancestor of a prokaryotic proline racemase implicated in parasite evasion from host defence... by Zuleima C Caballero, Andre G Costa-Martins, Robson C Ferreira, João M P Alves, Myrna G Serrano, Erney P Camargo, Gregory A Buck, Paola Minoprio, Marta M G Teixeira

“…PRAC homologs were identified in trypanosomes from anurans, snakes, crocodiles, lizards, and birds. Most trypanosomes have intact PRAC genes. …”
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