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[[Image:Americancrocodile.jpg|thumb|right|An American crocodile.]]

[[Image:Americancrocodile.jpg|thumb|right|An American crocodile.]]

'''Crocodiles''' and their close relations [[alligator]]s, [[caiman]]s and [[gavial]]s, are a family of predatory, aquatic [[reptile]]s. Crocodiles are found throughout the warm parts of the world - in sub-Saharan Africa, India and South-East Asia, Indonesia and Australia, and throughout tropical America. Until recently Nile crocodiles were also found throughout North Africa, and in Palestine[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Palestine#Fauna]. The largest Nile and Estuarine crocodiles may grow to 25 or even 30 feet in length, but this is not normal.

'''Crocodiles''' and their close relations [[alligator]]s, [[caiman]]s and [[gavial]]s, are a family of predatory, aquatic [[reptile]]s. Crocodiles are found throughout the warm parts of the world - in sub-Saharan Africa, India and South-East Asia, Indonesia and Australia, and throughout tropical America. Until recently Nile crocodiles were also found throughout North Africa, and in Palestine <ref>http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Palestine#Fauna</ref>. The largest Nile and Estuarine crocodiles may grow to 25 or even 30 feet in length, but this is not normal.

=== Species of crocodile ===

=== Species of crocodile ===

== Uses of crocodiles ==

== Uses of crocodiles ==

Crocodiles are commercially farmed in many places, for their leather, which is made into expensive shoes and handbags, and recently, in Australia, for their meat, supposed to taste like chicken. Unlike alligators, they are not used for wrestling.

Crocodiles are commercially farmed in many places, for their leather, which is made into expensive shoes and handbags, and recently, in Australia, for their meat, supposed to taste like chicken. Unlike [[alligator]]s, they are not used for wrestling.

== Man-eating crocodiles ==

== Man-eating crocodiles ==

*They are said to shed ''Crocodile tears'', an insincere show of grief, in order to lure their victims into range.

*They are said to shed ''Crocodile tears'', an insincere show of grief, in order to lure their victims into range.

[[Category:Reptiles]]

[[Category:Reptiles]]

[[Category:Dangerous animals]]

[[Category:Dangerous animals]]

[[Category:Livestock]]

[[Category:Livestock]]