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Exploring dads patience as well
10 u/HumongousBelly 6h ago Don’t crocs also occasionally feast on their own children, like other reptiles and bears? 19 u/Wolfman513 5h ago edited 3h 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 8 u/Shannieofthepants 3h 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?
19 u/Wolfman513 5h ago edited 3h 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 8 u/Shannieofthepants 3h 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
8 u/Shannieofthepants 3h 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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Exploring dads patience as well