Crocodiles are not fish, they are reptiles.
Crocodiles get their name from the fact that they play in the water like fish.
Crocodile (Crocodile) is a cold-blooded oviparous animal, and crocodiles are also an extremely valuable animal, the Yangzi crocodile in our country is an endangered species, only a few hundred left in the wild, most of them gathered in the Yangtze River.
A, saltwater crocodile and freshwater crocodile difference saltwater crocodile natural enemy who
Core tip: saltwater crocodile for the 23 species of crocodile species in the largest, but also the world's largest reptile. Male Gulf crocodiles can reach a length of up to 7 meters as adults, but generally do not exceed 5 meters. Females grow to a maximum length of 2.5-
The saltwater crocodile is the largest of the 23 crocodile species and the largest reptile in the world. Adult males can reach a length of 7 meters, but generally do not exceed 5 meters. Females have a maximum body length of 2.5-3 meters. Adult male crocodiles can weigh up to 600-1000 kilograms. Juveniles are light brown with black spotted stripes on the body and tail. Adults are darker in color, with a yellowish or white belly and a gray bottom end of the tail. The largest Gulf crocodile in the world has been recorded as 10 meters long. Bay crocodiles have 16-19 teeth per side of the upper jaw and 14-15 per side of the lower jaw. Because it is the only crocodile in the order Crocodyliformes that does not have large scales on the back of its neck, it is also known as the "bare-necked crocodile".
The difference between saltwater crocodiles and freshwater crocodiles:
Saltwater crocodiles are larger and more aggressive. Aggressive. Freshwater crocodiles are smaller in size and relatively docile in mood.
Crocodiles are categorized into saltwater crocodiles and freshwater crocodiles according to the waters in which they live. Saltwater crocodiles are mainly concentrated in the warm and humid seashore, such as the American crocodile and the Gulf crocodile; freshwater crocodiles mainly live in the rivers and lakes and swamps, such as the Yangzi crocodile and the Mississippi River crocodile
Third, the saltwater crocodile natural enemy is who?The natural enemies of the saltwater crocodile are boa, python, puma, African lion, piranha, bull shark, hippopotamus, elephant, rhinoceros and so on.
Mating season is between May and June and lasts for several hours, while fertilization lasts only 1 to 2 minutes; depending on the region: the Thai species spawns in July-August, and the Javanese species can even see crocodile eggs in February.
Bay crocodiles use decaying grass in the freshwater river about 4 meters in the shade of the hills nest, with the tail swept out of a 7 to 8 meters platform, the platform built on the true diameter of 3 meters to put the crocodile eggs nest, each time to lay 20 to 90 eggs, the egg diameter of 80 × 55 mm.
The mother crocodile guards the side of the nest, when the tail sprinkler water moisten nest, maintain a temperature of 30 to 33 ℃, generally after 75 to 96 days, will be able to hatch out young crocodiles. The baby crocodile is 240 millimeters long, 1 year up to 480 millimeters, 3 years up to 1156 millimeters, weighing 5.2 kilograms, fierce and untamed.
The saltwater crocodile is more ferocious, there is also a name called the famous man-eating crocodile, so we accidentally encountered must quickly find a way to escape.