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Alligators survive cold snap by becoming 'frozen solid' in North Carolina and Texas pondsWhen temperatures drop below freezing, alligators can enter a state of torpor known as brumation, as the water around them solidifies and suspends them in a giant, pond-shaped ice cube.
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'Eyes coming straight for me': Huge crocodile launches itself into boat with jaws wide open in strange attackQueensland authorities are on the lookout for a crocodile reported to have leapt into a fisher's boat at Jane Creek before losing its balance and tumbling back into the water.
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Pinky-white leucistic alligator with blue eyes born in Florida is 1 of only 8 in the worldAn extremely rare leucistic alligator born in Gatorland, Orlando, is the result of a genetic condition that leads to the partial loss of skin pigmentation, resulting in white or translucent skin.
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Last-known crocodile in Europe lived in Spain 4.5 million years ago, researchers sayA tooth unearthed in Spain and dating to the Pliocene is the latest evidence of a crocodile ever found in Europe and supports the idea crocs crossed over from Africa about 6.2 million years ago.
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Watch rare footage of huge crocodile eating baby hippo with umbilical cord still attachedA crocodile in Kenya's Mara River was filmed thrashing around with the corpse of a baby hippo in its jaws in unusual sighting. It is unclear if the crocodile killed the calf or if it snatched a stillborn.
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'They mated like mad': Low-flying helicopter sparks massive crocodile orgy in AustraliaA Chinook helicopter flying above a crocodile farm in Queensland appears to have set off a huge sexy frenzy, with the crocs mistaking the noise and vibrations as a signal it was time to make babies.
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Indian crocodiles seen saving dog from feral pack attack, but scientists divided over what it meansCrocodiles appeared to rescue a dog that had been chased into a river, and scientists said this unusual behavior could indicate empathy — but others are skeptical.
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Florida alligator weighing over 900 pounds could have been 90 years old when caughtThe enormous alligator was over 13 feet long and weighed 920 pounds — the second heaviest ever to be caught in Florida.
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800-pound alligator is the longest ever caught in MississippiThe gigantic animal measured 14 feet and 3 inches long, beating the previous record for the longest alligator caught by permitted hunters by more than 2 inches.
