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@pocketcroc

Side blog to my main reptile blog Pocketreptile. I want to become an expert on crocodilians; therefore this is a blog all about crocodilians: alligators, crocodiles, caiman, and gharial!
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ultrafacts

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Video of Tama

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The picture in the background of the second one

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pizzaismylifepizzaisking

Tama is boss

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THE TRAINS HAVE CARTOON TAMAS ON THEM

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Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]

For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.

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karinanotcinerina

Beautiful.

Now I’m crying thanks

and a new cat was hired right?

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clarenecessities

yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy

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she works very hard

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beasti

Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.

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lafayettelabaguette

Law

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tooiconic

I’m crying at 11pm over train cats

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toocooltobehipster

LOOK AT THIS CROCODILE

LOOK AT IT

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spacesnek

a) I’m 95% sure this is an alligator

b) this animal is so stressed out and I would not be surprised if it actually bit the hand.

Opening its mouth = very pissed off crocodilian

Closing its eyes = very stressed crocodilian

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spacesnek

@starr-berry​ I can help with that! I actually work with a juvenile Nile Crocodile and am very in-tune with how she reacts & what to look for with stress. While alligators and crocodiles are not the same, they share many similarities when showing stress (and with a lot of other species of reptiles!)

for proving claims:

You can tell its an alligator by looking at the skull and head shape. Crocodiles tend to have a “v” shaped skull, alligators have a “u” shaped skull.

(alligator on the left, crocodile on the right)

As for knowing the signs of stress:

Opening the mouth is something that I’ve encountered with several animals. My Crocodylus niloticus does it when she’s stressed. Here’s an example of her doing it during measuring time:

Reptiles close their eyes for several reasons, but this reason specifically is definitely stress related. They close their eyes to block of visual stimuli, though there are no official papers or articles done on this because there is a lack of formal research regarding reptiles. I don’t really know how to prove it other than hand-on experience & watching out for other signs of negative body language, though.

I’m mostly worried about the image that those gifs are spreading to others–that an alligator is a cute animal (”dog”, some people say un-ironically) that enjoys pets, when it definitely is not.

Hope that helped a bit!

#American alligator#alligator mississippiensis#Nile crocodile#crocodylus niloticus#crocodilians#animals#good info#reptiles
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American Museum of Natural History, Part 20: CROCODILIANS!

The “Crocs: Ancient Predators in a Modern World” exhibit was a really great companion to the “Dinosaurs Among Us” exhibit. Not nearly as involved, it was still a really great in-depth look at the other living lineage of Archosaurs (and if the Pterosaurs exhibit had still been around, all three major groups of Archosaurs would have been present!) 

There were some living specimens and they were good, sharp scalemen. Plus some fossils and a brief overview of the evolution of Crocodylomorphs (didn’t look at less derived Pseudosuchia, though). 

I love Pseudosuchians, and I really need to do more with them. This exhibit definitely reminded me of that!

#crocodiles#alligators#crocodilians#reptiles#museum#cool#reblog
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thelilnan

i’m sure people know this, but for those of you who don’t, alligators and crocodiles (this is a gator) have some of the most powerful jaws on earth—if they’re biting down. their muscles are made to clamp and hold while its body twists, taking down its prey and (typically) drowning it. however, they have next to no opening power, meaning this crab’s claw has rendered this gator almost powerless

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crab: shhhh……shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……..i am speaking about of Me now

#alligator#American alligator#alligator Mississippiensis#crocodilian#funny#reptile#animals#crab