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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Salt water Crocs are not tiny. Some alligators are on the smallish side comparatively, but there are big gators out there too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago

Crocodiles are also one of those rare animals that don't "age" in the traditional sense. Once they reach adulthood, they continue to get larger and larger until they eventually starve or their organs collapse under their own body weight. They don't lose muscle mass or bone density or any of the usual issues we attribute to getting older.

Imagine having the build of a 25 year old at 100 and being 7+ft tall. That's how crocodiles age.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I've never seen one in real life, so I feel like like I'm not grokking the sense of scale.

Kind of like seeing a horse or moose for the first time (guess my hemisphere lol).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Here's a rough size comparison

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah I'm still not getting it. Maybe I'll see one for real one day and then it'll click