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Crocodiles are able to climb trees

Crocodiles are able to climb trees

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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 8:12am  
As far as discoveries go, this is a somewhat terrifying one, assuming one has a healthy respect for crocodiles on the ground: They can climb and perch in trees.And they can really climb, with researchers spotting them more than a dozen feet from the ground. While anecdotal reports have placed the reptiles in trees in Mississippi, Colombia, and along the Nile, only three references to such behavior appear in scientific literature.And so researchers set out to determine whether it was a regular practice, observing crocodilians (which includes crocs and alligators) on three continents: Australia, Africa, and North America.What they found, as reported in Herpetology Notes: Four species were identified as able to climb trees, and were spotted, in one case, as high as 13 feet above the ground—and as far as 16 feet down a branch.
 
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 8:13am  
well thats just fabulous! 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 8:25am  
well lucky for us that we have alligators and not crocks. Emoticon 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 9:08am  
well lucky for us that we have alligators and not crocks. Emoticon
 
@cgm10sne1: The study includes a picture of a Mississippi gator perched on the branch of a tree.
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 9:20am  
But are they actually climbing the trees or just moving up the brush? 4951
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FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 9:58am  
But are they actually climbing the trees or just moving up the brush?
 
@BooBear: If it is above you, do you really care how it got there at that point?
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 10:58am  
Interesting.  I've never seen an alligator in a tree, but I have seen thousands of snakes in trees. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 11:06am  
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Do not tell me that! I am petrified of snakes! I am always looking on the ground when I walk the dog. Now I have to look up too? 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 11:08am  
Interesting.  I've never seen an alligator in a tree, but I have seen thousands of snakes in trees.
 
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I watched a snake climb a tree and catch a squirrel. They both fell out and the squirrel got away. 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 4:04pm  
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 14, '14 4:08pm  
@BooBear....So the squirrel got away.........Nice...........I love a happy ending.........Score one for the good guys...... 4951
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 24, '14 3:17pm  
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 24, '14 3:49pm  
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~ 10 years ago   Feb 24, '14 3:52pm  
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Do not tell me that! I am petrified of snakes! I am always looking on the ground when I walk the dog. Now I have to look up too?
 
@calliecat:
I have a photo I took at East End of a 5 foot snake in a tree.....  It was so huge I thought it was a BOA or Python that was turned loose...   Found out it was a diamond back water snake......   I too used to only look down for snakes, not so much anymore!! 4951
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