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Cocodrilo del Nilo (Crocodylus niloticus), reserva natural Masái Mara, Kenia, 2024-05-20, DD 70
2024-05-20
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
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- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
About this work
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Masai Mara, Kenya. This species is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and generally, the adult male Nile crocodile is between 3.5 and 5 m (11 ft 6 in and 16 ft 5 in) in length and weighs 225 to 750 kg (496 to 1,653 lb). Nile crocodiles are very aggressive and opportunistic apex predators, that are capable of taking almost any animal within their range.