First, they tracked the evolution of the head scales during the embryonic development of the Nile crocodile, which lasts about 90 days in total. While the skin covering the jaws remains smooth ...

The head is long, wide, and very flat. This positions their eyes ... But I knew if I was presented the opportunity to take a large Nile crocodile, I was going jump on it. I had hunted alligators ...

It took the team over 10 years to gather a sufficient number of animals. In the new study, the researchers first looked into how the head scales developed in an embryo. They imaged Nile crocodile ...

However, crocodile head scales are a bit different from their body scales. While taking a blood sample from a Nile crocodile, Milinkovitch was struck by this unusual pattern of scales on its jaws ...

They then observed the development of head scales of the Nile crocodile embryo and noted that skin folds appeared around day 51, out of the 90 total days of embryonic development, then began to ...

First, they tracked the appearance of head scales during the development of the Nile crocodile embryo, which lasts around 90 days in total. While the skin covering the jaws remains smooth until ...

On the long trip to Africa, I studied shot placement and hunting advice for large Nile crocodiles, and two imperatives stuck in my mind ... Doctari and other sources suggest a side-on shot to the head ...

ignored repeated warnings to leave the 10-foot Nile crocodile alone but seemed amused by his bravado. But within seconds, the angry crocodile whipped its head round and grabbed the hapless goader ...