The younger Free-Ride offspring has been studying alligators and crocodiles in nature study. Some preliminary findings below the fold.
The younger offspring explains that the crocodilian pictured above, “Little Sarah”, is a crocodile, not an alligator. “You can tell because she has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 teeth that you can see on top of her snout when her mouth is closed.”
“The other pink spots [on the right, near her eyes] are bubblegum flavored toothpaste.” (Younger offspring just had a dentist’s appointment.)
“Also, crocodiles have pointier snouts and alligators have rounder snouts.”
“Little Sarah is wearing flowers because it’s Spring. On one side of her is a butterfly, and on the other is a hummingbird and an ice cream cone.”
More information on distinguishing alligators and crocodiles here.
Thank you for brightening my day, and teaching me more than I knew about crocs and at least this one’s love of bubblegum flavored dentifrice. A point for research and discussion: the replacement of human baby teeth (on a one/per basis); what is the situation like for crocs?
I’m a little nervous about the given name of this particular croc, lovely though she is. But I expect she’s named after a school chum, particularly since I do not believe the correspondence of names has be defined for the F-R offspring.
I did, however, take particular offense when my brother’s family named their cockerspaniel Sally.
Let us know about the tooth replacement capabilities of crocs, please.
you going to gator country aligators crocidils.
i love gator country