Crocodile Research Coalition
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Conserving crocodiles and their habitats
On the 10th day of CROCmas… Living amongst wetlands and freshwater ecosystems in Venezuela, the Orinoco croc loves to bite down on a nice size crab. A nice crab dish for the holidays would be Rompe Colchón, a local dish that includes sautéed garlic or onion, served over rice or plantains.
December 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
On the 10th day of CROCmas… Living amongst wetlands and freshwater ecosystems in Venezuela, the Orinoco croc loves to bite down on a nice size crab. A nice crab dish for the holidays would be Rompe Colchón, a local dish that includes sautéed garlic or onion, served over rice or plantains.
We are collaborating with the archeological ministry today to educate guests about crocodiles
December 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
We are collaborating with the archeological ministry today to educate guests about crocodiles
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Auggie used to be terrified of people given the abuse he received for tourist photos. Now, he is confident&has a sense of security.
Don’t forget, Mondays at 730pmCST I’ll be going live on Instagram to talk croc & anything else about the scientific world!
Don’t forget, Mondays at 730pmCST I’ll be going live on Instagram to talk croc & anything else about the scientific world!
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Auggie used to be terrified of people given the abuse he received for tourist photos. Now, he is confident&has a sense of security.
Don’t forget, Mondays at 730pmCST I’ll be going live on Instagram to talk croc & anything else about the scientific world!
Don’t forget, Mondays at 730pmCST I’ll be going live on Instagram to talk croc & anything else about the scientific world!
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Today is the 120th anniversary of the founding of the American Bison Society—a conservation milestone that began at WCS’s Bronx Zoo in 1905.
With Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president, the ABS launched an ambitious effort to save the species. Today, our bison conservation efforts continue. 🦬 🌎
With Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president, the ABS launched an ambitious effort to save the species. Today, our bison conservation efforts continue. 🦬 🌎
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today is the 120th anniversary of the founding of the American Bison Society—a conservation milestone that began at WCS’s Bronx Zoo in 1905.
With Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president, the ABS launched an ambitious effort to save the species. Today, our bison conservation efforts continue. 🦬 🌎
With Theodore Roosevelt as honorary president, the ABS launched an ambitious effort to save the species. Today, our bison conservation efforts continue. 🦬 🌎
On the 8th day of CROCmas… The Papa New Guinea croc (Crocodylus novaeguineae) inhabits freshwater swamps and marshes, in which it encounters various aquatic prey. A fav prey dish for this holiday season would be one of crab (and if they could, they could make it into a Christmas Crab dish
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
On the 8th day of CROCmas… The Papa New Guinea croc (Crocodylus novaeguineae) inhabits freshwater swamps and marshes, in which it encounters various aquatic prey. A fav prey dish for this holiday season would be one of crab (and if they could, they could make it into a Christmas Crab dish
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This croc was attacking dogs given its relatively easy prey for its poor eyesight. But the croc isn’t the problem, people are. Water pollution is causing eyesight issues & people feeding the croc created a perfect storm of conflict.
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This croc was attacking dogs given its relatively easy prey for its poor eyesight. But the croc isn’t the problem, people are. Water pollution is causing eyesight issues & people feeding the croc created a perfect storm of conflict.
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Week in wildlife: a studious deer and a partying raccoon
Week in wildlife: a studious deer and a partying raccoon
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Week in wildlife: a studious deer and a partying raccoon
Want to know more about crocodilians? Learn from CRC supporter Jeremy Kutner. Jeremy just celebrated his Bar Mitzvah and asked for people to donate to the CRC. We are so grateful for his support and appreciate him sinking his teeth into conservation with the CRC!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvWj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvWj...
18 Fun Facts About Crocodilians
YouTube video by Rob Kutner
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Want to know more about crocodilians? Learn from CRC supporter Jeremy Kutner. Jeremy just celebrated his Bar Mitzvah and asked for people to donate to the CRC. We are so grateful for his support and appreciate him sinking his teeth into conservation with the CRC!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvWj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvWj...
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While the closing force of crocodilian jaws can be >3000 psi, the muscles that open the jaw are much weaker, so all you have to do is just reach out & pinch them shut.
Now hold the jaw shut until... uh... just HOLD it okay? Until I get over the next ridge. To, uh... get help. 🐊
Now hold the jaw shut until... uh... just HOLD it okay? Until I get over the next ridge. To, uh... get help. 🐊
a close up of a crocodile 's mouth with its mouth open
Alt: a close up of a small alligators's head with its mouth open. A human hand closes the jaws shut with only two fingers.
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
While the closing force of crocodilian jaws can be >3000 psi, the muscles that open the jaw are much weaker, so all you have to do is just reach out & pinch them shut.
Now hold the jaw shut until... uh... just HOLD it okay? Until I get over the next ridge. To, uh... get help. 🐊
Now hold the jaw shut until... uh... just HOLD it okay? Until I get over the next ridge. To, uh... get help. 🐊
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The most poisonous frog is the golden poison dart frog, native to Colombia. It's one of the most toxic animals on Earth. One frog contains enough poison to kill 10-20 humans. It's skin toxin, acquired from its diet of certain insects, is used by indigenous peoples to poison blow darts for hunting
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The most poisonous frog is the golden poison dart frog, native to Colombia. It's one of the most toxic animals on Earth. One frog contains enough poison to kill 10-20 humans. It's skin toxin, acquired from its diet of certain insects, is used by indigenous peoples to poison blow darts for hunting
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Can conservation and ecological restoration affect human health outcomes? A call for multidisciplinary contributions to a special series of papers in #EnvironmentalConservation
Editorial Published online as FirstView on Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#conservationscience🌎
Editorial Published online as FirstView on Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#conservationscience🌎
December 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Can conservation and ecological restoration affect human health outcomes? A call for multidisciplinary contributions to a special series of papers in #EnvironmentalConservation
Editorial Published online as FirstView on Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#conservationscience🌎
Editorial Published online as FirstView on Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#conservationscience🌎
What do American crocs want for Christmas suppa?
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What do American crocs want for Christmas suppa?
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Hero has been at the zoo for 10 years and was lovingly raised by our Animal Management Department. He came to us as a tiny cub after being confiscated from a young man in the Toledo District.
Although Hero isn’t seen by the public, he plays a vital role behind the scenes.
Although Hero isn’t seen by the public, he plays a vital role behind the scenes.
December 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Hero has been at the zoo for 10 years and was lovingly raised by our Animal Management Department. He came to us as a tiny cub after being confiscated from a young man in the Toledo District.
Although Hero isn’t seen by the public, he plays a vital role behind the scenes.
Although Hero isn’t seen by the public, he plays a vital role behind the scenes.
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Yes, crocs have thick skin but certain leech species have evolved to be able to penetrate.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yes, crocs have thick skin but certain leech species have evolved to be able to penetrate.
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A Troubling Rise in the Grisly Trade of a Spectacular African Bird - Yale E360 🧪🌎
A Troubling Rise in the Grisly Trade of a Spectacular African Bird
Researchers are finding a disturbing uptick in the trade of African hornbills and their body parts in West African voodoo markets and globally on the internet. Conservationists want international…
e360.yale.edu
December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A Troubling Rise in the Grisly Trade of a Spectacular African Bird - Yale E360 🧪🌎
Today is GlobalGiving Tuesday, so why not donate to assist in providing food for CRC’s croc ambassadors, like Gilly. Morelet’s crocs are known to eat a lot of apple snails, but Gilly is a bit to bourgie for that, and loves a good piece of chicken. goto.gg/67554
December 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today is GlobalGiving Tuesday, so why not donate to assist in providing food for CRC’s croc ambassadors, like Gilly. Morelet’s crocs are known to eat a lot of apple snails, but Gilly is a bit to bourgie for that, and loves a good piece of chicken. goto.gg/67554
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It's December. The goal is to find MELIA a home for Christmas. We can do this. Over 810 days waiting. Poor baby. A quiet adult only home, no dogs, cats are ok. 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Come on New York!
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It's December. The goal is to find MELIA a home for Christmas. We can do this. Over 810 days waiting. Poor baby. A quiet adult only home, no dogs, cats are ok. 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Come on New York!
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
Celebrating CROCmas in the spirit of giving! This Dec 2 on GlobalGiving Tuesday, CRC is looking for monetary support or donations of plants, man-power to help with upkeep or maintenance, etc to help us further our progress of the Placencia Lagoon Nature Center
For more info, head to: goto.gg/67554
For more info, head to: goto.gg/67554
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Celebrating CROCmas in the spirit of giving! This Dec 2 on GlobalGiving Tuesday, CRC is looking for monetary support or donations of plants, man-power to help with upkeep or maintenance, etc to help us further our progress of the Placencia Lagoon Nature Center
For more info, head to: goto.gg/67554
For more info, head to: goto.gg/67554
A beautiful juvenile American crocodile caught during one of our current capture surveys. Our surveys allow us to monitor the health of the crocs in the environment which also provides us an indicator of the overall quality of ecosystem health
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A beautiful juvenile American crocodile caught during one of our current capture surveys. Our surveys allow us to monitor the health of the crocs in the environment which also provides us an indicator of the overall quality of ecosystem health
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At #CITESCOP20, we’re supporting Ecuador’s proposals to transfer Galápagos land and marine iguanas from Appendix II to Appendix I, the highest level of protection under CITES.
These species are facing increasing pressures. Strong international safeguards are essential to their survival.
These species are facing increasing pressures. Strong international safeguards are essential to their survival.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
At #CITESCOP20, we’re supporting Ecuador’s proposals to transfer Galápagos land and marine iguanas from Appendix II to Appendix I, the highest level of protection under CITES.
These species are facing increasing pressures. Strong international safeguards are essential to their survival.
These species are facing increasing pressures. Strong international safeguards are essential to their survival.
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Gilly is a croc ambassador @crocresearchcoal.bsky.social who teaches about empathy towards all wildlife. His eyes were poked out and he was living on ice so he could be docile for tourist photos. Thanks to a wildlife champion for saving him, he now steals heart with his smile and story
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Gilly is a croc ambassador @crocresearchcoal.bsky.social who teaches about empathy towards all wildlife. His eyes were poked out and he was living on ice so he could be docile for tourist photos. Thanks to a wildlife champion for saving him, he now steals heart with his smile and story
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Savannah showing of her training skills AND her good side 😂
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Savannah showing of her training skills AND her good side 😂
Please do not feed crocodiles! If there is an attack, the crocodile isn’t the problem, the problem is the irresponsible behavior of humans
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Please do not feed crocodiles! If there is an attack, the crocodile isn’t the problem, the problem is the irresponsible behavior of humans
New Moon always heightens croc activity
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New Moon always heightens croc activity