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Photo of the Day #545: Cuban crocodile

By laelaps on April 8, 2009.

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A Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer), photographed at the National Zoo.


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Great photos, I love crocs.

Brian, a rushed link, you've mentioned tall dorsal spines before, I just noticed them in the arboreal potto, they protect against raptors. I didn't expect an arboreal primate to have those. Makes me wonder if some archosaurs were more arboreal than thought. Did pterosaurs attack only small prey? link