crocodylian
laelaps | May 8, 2010I know Darren posted about this last year, but it is just too cool not to share again:
For more on the fruit-eating habits of crocodylians, see Darren's post on the subject here.
laelaps | November 4, 2007
Today's photo comes from the National Zoo in Washington D.C., the only place where I have seen the Gavial (Gavialis gangeticus) in captivity. This crocodylian is one of the most endangered in the world, and the National Zoo has a male and female pair (and I can only assume that the zoo staff hopes the two will breed). The above photograph is the female, males of the species having a bulbous growth or "ghara" on the tip of their snout. Outside of being a signal as to which sex an adult belongs, the ghara is also used in vocalizations the male makes and blowing bubbles during mating displays,…