Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 1d

At the end you’ll notice this Cuban croc (C. rombifer) blink their third eyelid aka nictitating membrane. This helps protect their eyes underwater, while still allowing them to see.

#Croctober #cubancrocodile 🐊

3 17

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 1d

NaCl + H20

#croctober 🐊

A top down view of a saltwater crocodile’s head.

1 4 26

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Blondie, a beautiful Nile crocodile!

I’ve seen yellow reptiles like this often referred to as xanthic. Mutation? Polygenic morph? Anyone know more?

#croctober 🐊

10 39

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 3d

Why are these alligators so very baby?

#Croctober 🐊

7 28

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t use this term lightly, but this is adorable!! Leucistic baby alligator. #CROCtober

🐊

Two baby gators, one leucistic, touching snouts. At Gatorland.

2 12 37

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 7d

"Can an alligator survive a Canadian winter?", is not a question or a situation we should have to address.

www.insidehalton.com/news/alligat...

Sunbathing alligator near Canada-U.S. border finds new home after rescue in Detroit River

An alligator was captured near the Canada-U. S. border in Michigan, across from Windsor, Ontario. Experts believe the foot-long reptile was someone’s illegally released pet. Read the full story and wa...

www.insidehalton.com

7

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 10d

Replaced teeth from a dwarf crocodile.

#croctober 🐊

1 16

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 12d

Friendly #CROCtober reminder that crocodiles have influenced human culture for thousands of years.

Here’s a puppet I saw on a recent visit to the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA. 🐊

BAMA, THE CROCODILE
Creator Unknown
This Sogo bò puppet crocodile, or Bama, is a key figure in the Malian puppet tradition. The crocodile represents impartial power and an animal that does not attack outside its territory.
DATE UNKNOWN | Mali
TYPE | Rod Puppet
MATERIALS | Wood, textile, paint, metal
Gift of Nancy Lohman Staub

3 16

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 13d

Live view of me* emerging from a blissful slumber to actually post because it’s #Croctober.

🐊

*not actually a picture of me

A basking baby alligator rests on a log. Eyes are shut and its forelimbs barely touches the pool of water below.

10 33

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · 21d

New crocodyliform discovered in Montana.

🐊

phys.org/news/2025-09...

Tiny extinct crocodyliform with unusual teeth discovered in Montana

About 95 million years ago, a juvenile crocodyliform nicknamed Elton lived in what is now southwest Montana at the edge of the Western Interior Seaway.

phys.org

2 11

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Aug 26

Caiman skull
Tsoabichi greenriverensis
52 million years old (Early Eocene)
Wyoming (Green River Formation)

🐊

A fossil slab of a caiman skull. The slab is flat, but you can see dimensions to the skull. The mouth is slightly agape and off center.

2 13

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Aug 24

🎶I should have changed that stupid lock, I should have made you leave your key…

🐊

youtu.be/N9upLFT87CE?...

How Crocodilians Just Keep on Surviving

YouTube video by SciShow

youtu.be

2 11

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 30

🐊💩

Coprolite, likely from a crocodilian.

coprolite measuring ~6.5" long on slab measuring 12" x 11"
Era: Cenozoic:
Location: Green River; ‘Fossil Lake'- Wyoming, USA

1 8

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 18

Choose your pets wisely.

www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...

www.seattletimes.com

2

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 17

Lots of growing to do.

A baby alligator next to the skull of a sub adult. Note: for transport, this gator had its mouth wrapped. The wrap was removed shortly after.

1 1 11

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 15

I’ve got mail…

A Guide to Identifying Crocodilians of the World
Brueggen and Brueggen

1 11

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 15

Juvennile Crocodylus rhombifer skeletal mount.

🐊

2 16

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 14

fwtx.com/news/fort-wo...

Fort Worth Zoo’s Gharial Streak Makes History

Fort Worth Zoo makes history with a third consecutive year of hatching critically endangered gharials.

fwtx.com

4

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 14

amp.star-telegram.com/news/local/f...

Fort Worth Zoo celebrates hatching of rare ‘amazing animal’ third year in a row

The Fort Worth Zoo is the only institution in North America to have successfully bred this critically endangered reptile for multiple years in a row.

amp.star-telegram.com

1 1 5

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congrats to the Fort Worth Zoo on new gharial hatchlings!

🐊

dallasexpress.com/tarrant/crit...

Critically Endangered Gharial Crocodiles Hatch At Fort Worth Zoo

The Fort Worth Zoo marked its third consecutive year of successfully hatching critically endangered gharial crocodiles.

dallasexpress.com

1 4 21

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 13

A reconstruction of Araripesuchus rattoides

From 95 million years ago (late Cretaceous)
Estimated length: 3ft (0.91m)
Discovered in Morocco
Artist: Tyler Keillor

A sculpted head of an extinct crocodilian.

2 6

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 12

Pizzigalli, C., Regalla, A., Palmeirim, A.F. et al. Diversity, distribution and conservation of crocodiles (Order: Crocodylia) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. Sci Rep 15, 24703 (2025).
🐊

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Diversity, distribution and conservation of crocodiles (Order: Crocodylia) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Diversity, distribution and conservation of crocodiles (Order: Crocodylia) in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa

doi.org

2 7

Reposted by _crocodiles

Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · Jul 6

It’s not the most important thing by a long shot but we shouldn’t just let them have alligators as a symbol for their secret police disappearance prison.

I propose taking gators back as the friendly homegrown superpredators they are. 🐊

Juvenile alligator seen through glass. It’s mostly underwater and standing vertically with its head breaking the surface.

Two sleepy big gators in a zoo with some reflection over them

5 10 72

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jul 2

Anatosuchus minor
A Crocodilian from 100 million years ago.
Discovered in Niger, Africa
Artist: Tyler Keillor & Erin Fitzgerald

7 15

_crocodiles @crocodiles.bsky.social · Jun 30

🔊 Sound Up

Happy Monday to you!

Yes, I’m taking to you.

Crocodilians communicate via bellows, growls, grunts, chirps and many other forms of vocalization.

🐊

5 16