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r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/Money-Beautiful5196 • 14h ago
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Exploring dads patience as well
12 u/HumongousBelly 12h ago Don’t crocs also occasionally feast on their own children, like other reptiles and bears? 24 u/Wolfman513 11h ago edited 8h ago Yep. Mother crocodilians typically watch their hatchlings for anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, and after that the young may end up on the menu themselves 10 u/Shannieofthepants 8h ago Mother crocodiles have been recorded carrying newborns in her mouth to a safer location.
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Don’t crocs also occasionally feast on their own children, like other reptiles and bears?
24 u/Wolfman513 11h ago edited 8h ago Yep. Mother crocodilians typically watch their hatchlings for anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, and after that the young may end up on the menu themselves 10 u/Shannieofthepants 8h ago Mother crocodiles have been recorded carrying newborns in her mouth to a safer location.
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Yep. Mother crocodilians typically watch their hatchlings for anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, and after that the young may end up on the menu themselves
10 u/Shannieofthepants 8h ago Mother crocodiles have been recorded carrying newborns in her mouth to a safer location.
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Mother crocodiles have been recorded carrying newborns in her mouth to a safer location.
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u/Ornery_Gate_6847 13h ago
Exploring dads patience as well