Exploring Nature: Nobody Loves a

I can’t think of a scarier creature than the crocodile. It’s the largest of all reptiles and it kills more human beings than do snakes, tigers, lions and leopards put together.

Each year, about one thousand people are killed by crocodiles in Africa – most of them women and children.

In the United States, including Texas, we have mostly alligators. The differences between the two are many, the most obvious being that with jaws closed, the alligator’s teeth are invisible, but the crocodile shows its long fourth tooth on each side of its lower jaw, giving it a most deceptive “grin.”