Nile Crocodiles

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Nile Crocodiles

• By Patricio Pino

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• For the past few weeks Ive been studying the
  Nile crocodile. In the coming few pages I will
  tell you the main facts about the Nile crocodile.
  For example how it looks, where it lives, how it
  survives, what it eats, its enemy, and a few
  interesting facts.

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Physical Description
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Habitat

• Do you now in what country the Nile crocodile
  lives in? The Nile crocodile mostly lives in
  Egypt and other countries surrounding Egypt. In
  the Nile crocodiles habitat you can see rocks,
  poisonous trees, and birds for example cranes.
  The Nile crocodile survives in its habitat
  because it looks like log to catch its prey.

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Defense

• Do you now how a Nile crocodile protects itself?
  A Nile crocodile looks like a log to protect
  itself from enemies or it glides under water to
  be safe. Gliding under water makes it out of
  sight for predators.

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Prey

• Snap! Slurp! The Nile crocodile swallows a wild
  dog. The Nile crocodile eats twelve animals. I
  will tell you three of the Nile crocodiles prey
  which are fish, turtles, and, raccoons. The Nile
  crocodile has different ways to kill its prey.
  Amazingly, the Nile crocodile has favorites and
  not so favorites. The Nile crocodile can not eat
  for a whole week!

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Predators

• Crackle, crackle, crackle a predator is
  coming! A Nile crocodile has four predators
  which are bears, skunks, lizards, and hippos.
  Bears hunt crocodiles eggs and babies for food.
  Skunks hunt eggs for food. Lizards hunt babies
  for food. Hippos attack Nile crocodile grown ups
  because Nile crocodiles hunt baby hippos for
  food.

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Interesting Facts

• Do you now anything interesting about the Nile
  crocodile? I will tell you. First I will tell you
  that a Nile crocodile can nap under water when it
  breathes air !And Nile crocodiles dont chew
  their food. They swallow it hole. In Africa some
  people call the Nile crocodile the killer that
  smiles when it kills because the Nile crocodiles
  jaws are shaped like a smile.

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• In conclusion, I know there is more you want to
  learn but I told you almost every thing about the
  Nile crocodile. I hope you can learn some extra
  details that I did not tell you about the Nile
  crocodile on your own.