American+Crocodile

media type="custom" key="3680903" By Bailey A

The American Crocodile has four short splayed legs, a long powerful tail, a scaly hide with rows of ossified scutes running down it's back and tail and eyes, nostriles, and ears are all on it's head. It's size is 7-15 feet it's weight is 150-450 pounds. The American Crocodile is found in United States in the Eveglads, in Florida. It's diet consists of small fish, invertebrates, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The repouduction of American Crocodile takes places between January and Febuary. It's life span is to 50-60 or 60-70 years. Other places it can be found is in Biscayne national park,Florida.It's range is distribution the American Crocodile inhabits water like mangrove swamps, river mouths, fresh water, and salt lake, and sometimes found at sea. It's population reaches to 1,000, there are up to 500 to 1,200 in Florida. The American Crocodiles' behavior is shy, reclusive, and rarely seen by people. The status of the American Crocodile is that it is endangerd because they were being hunted for their hides. Today poaching, and loss of habitat is the greatest threats that face the American Crocodile. The legal protection is listed federally as endangerd and by the states endangered. The interaction with humans is they can be dangerous to the humans they even reported crocodile attacks in Mexico, Coasta Rica, and Guatemala. These attacks are not unprecedented. How can you tell a American Crocodile from a regular is on that it has longer, more narrow snouts, and by their lower teeth, which are visible even when the crocodile mouth is closed. Unlike the old world crocodiles which are some times cleared of parasites by birds, the American crocodile relies more on fish for parasite removal. The American Crocodiles are more suitable to the cold then the American alligators they can also swim up to 20 miles per hour by moving their body and tail in sinous fashion. What I found interesting is that the American Crocodile it is more adapted to the cold then the American alligator. That is probably the reason it isn't spreading as far as northward like the alligators. We can save the American Crocodile from extinction. We can stop illegaly killing them and watching were we drive.