11 December 2008

Eclipse of the crocodile

Crocodiles have been on the Earth for some 200m years but now, in this corner of [Southern] Africa, because of pollution and global warming caused by humans, even their ancient existence may be threatened.
-- Hamilton Wende. It sounds from the report as if deliberate extirpation of the crocs by a rapidly growing human population may also be playing a role.

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