Tag Archive for 'Mugger crocodile'

A mugger crocodile balances twigs on its nose to tempt birds collecting small branches to build nests with, at Madras Crocodile Bank, Tamil Nadu in India. Image credit: Vladimir Dinets.

American Alligators, Mugger Crocodiles Use Lures to Hunt Their Prey

Dec 10, 2013 by News Staff

US researchers led by Dr Vladimir Dinets from the University of Tennessee have found that two croc species – mugger crocodiles (Crocodylus palustris)...