Friday Crocodilian

The younger Free-Ride offspring has been studying alligators and crocodiles in nature study. Some preliminary findings below the fold.

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The younger offspring explains that the crocodilian pictured above, "Little Sarah", is a crocodile, not an alligator. "You can tell because she has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 teeth that you can see on top of her snout when her mouth is closed."

"The other pink spots [on the right, near her eyes] are bubblegum flavored toothpaste." (Younger offspring just had a dentist's appointment.)

"Also, crocodiles have pointier snouts and alligators have rounder snouts."

"Little Sarah is wearing flowers because it's Spring. On one side of her is a butterfly, and on the other is a hummingbird and an ice cream cone."

More information on distinguishing alligators and crocodiles here.

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Thank you for brightening my day, and teaching me more than I knew about crocs and at least this one's love of bubblegum flavored dentifrice. A point for research and discussion: the replacement of human baby teeth (on a one/per basis); what is the situation like for crocs?

I'm a little nervous about the given name of this particular croc, lovely though she is. But I expect she's named after a school chum, particularly since I do not believe the correspondence of names has be defined for the F-R offspring.

I did, however, take particular offense when my brother's family named their cockerspaniel Sally.

Let us know about the tooth replacement capabilities of crocs, please.

By Super Sally (not verified) on 24 Mar 2006 #permalink

you going to gator country aligators crocidils.
i love gator country