Crocs can climb trees?!

[Stacia]

I've never wanted to go on an airboat ride through a swamp & this news pretty much assures I never will. Now I will need to scan trees, esp. if visiting southern Florida or Central America. :eek:

 

http://www.youngzine.org/article/crocodiles-can-climb-trees

 

Figured this was important safety info to pass along! :tongue_smilie: :huh: :lol:

 

Ack!

[Spryte]

Wow!  I had no idea.  That picture is priceless.  Sharing this with DS.

 

I'm glad I didn't know this way back in college, when I did an 80 mile canoe trip through the everglades.   :eek: 

[Corraleno]

This may be one of those "You Know You're a Homeschooler When..." moments, because I'm actually less shocked that crocodiles can climb trees than I am that they're "often mistaken as amphibians." Really? Who are all these people who think crocs are amphibians???  :blink:

 
The bolded sentence, below, also caught my attention:
 

Often mistaken as amphibians, crocodiles are actually reptiles. They belong to the family of crocodilians - large animals with lizard like bodies and short pairs of legs. They have tough and scaly hides and have very sharp teeth. Their jaws are very strong and these creatures are known to bite down with a force of over 5000 pounds per square inch (PSI) - the strongest bite ever measured on living animals. Compare that with a human bite which has a force of just 150 PSI!

While amphibians are the only creatures associated with the ability to live on both land and water, some reptiles too exhibit this ability because of special characteristics. ..

 
Um, what about penguins? Hippos? Marine iguanas? :confused1:  Methinks the author doesn't know what an amphibian is!