Although they may look similar at first glance, the most significant differences between alligators and crocodiles are their overall size, snouts, jaws, coloring, feet, and teeth. Take a quick look at the ways that you can differentiate between the two reptiles. The comparison between the America...
The strongest, saltwater crocodiles (naturally) slammed their jaws shut with 3,700 pounds per square inch (psi), or 16,460 Newtons, of bite force. For comparison, a lion has abite force of 1,314.7 Newtonsat the canine tips and 2,023.7 Newtons at the carnassials. Another interesting croco...
Alligators are darker in color hence they inherit a statue look whereas crocodiles are lighter in color and appear to be more lively. The crocodiles boast the fiercest animal bite in the planet by applying a force of more than five thousand pounds in a single bite. Alligator heads are wider ...
Contrarily, according to the CrocBITE database, each year, at least hundreds of crocodile attacks on humans occur. In Australia, a quarter of those attacks were fatal, in Malaysia half of the attacks resulted in the victim’s death. Since the records are kept by only Australia and Malaysia...
Australian specimens are more active in the summer, when they swim a lot. They become less active during winter, when they rather sit in the sun and rest. Nonetheless, Saltwater crocodile spends less time on land in comparison to other crocodiles – if it comes ashore, it is only in order...
alligators in Central and South America arecaimans. Among them, the species with the widest distribution isCaiman crocodilus, which is extremely adaptable to alllowlandwetland andriverine habitats, and thus has become established from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. In comparison to other crocodilians, ...
alligators in Central and South America arecaimans. Among them, the species with the widest distribution isCaiman crocodilus, which is extremely adaptable to alllowlandwetland andriverine habitats, and thus has become established from Mexico to Peru and Brazil. In comparison to other crocodilians, ...