Seven Crocodile Species Discovered To Have Co-existed In A Single Habitat
- 10 years ago
Researchers recently discovered a place where long, long ago 7 distinct species of crocodiles ruled the land and did so all at the same time.
Crocodiles are expert hunters, voracious eaters, and all around fearsome creatures, so imagining what a region dominated by 7 distinct species of them looked like no doubt conjures fairly terrifying thoughts.
A team of international researchers recently published a report that such a place actually existed a long time ago.
After more than a decade of expeditions in Peru’s Amazon River basin area, the researchers uncovered the fossilized remains of what turned out to be 7 various kinds of the reptilian beasts.
All of t
Crocodiles are expert hunters, voracious eaters, and all around fearsome creatures, so imagining what a region dominated by 7 distinct species of them looked like no doubt conjures fairly terrifying thoughts.
A team of international researchers recently published a report that such a place actually existed a long time ago.
After more than a decade of expeditions in Peru’s Amazon River basin area, the researchers uncovered the fossilized remains of what turned out to be 7 various kinds of the reptilian beasts.
All of t