Crocodiles, like dinosaurs, have the abdominal ribs modified into gastralium | gastralia.

Crocodiles have a palatal flap, a rigid tissue at the back of the mouth that blocks the entry of water.

Crocodiles do not have sweat glands and release heat through their mouths.

Freshwater Crocodiles have been protected by law since 1964 and Saltwater Crocodiles since 1971.

Estuarine Crocodiles do not have these scutes and their snout is broader.

Crocodiles and gharials have modified salivary glands on their tongue ( salt glands ), which are used for excreting excess salt ions from their body.

Baysting's songs have appeared on albums by The Crocodiles, The Windy City Strugglers, Glen Moffatt, Jenny Morris and Al Hunter.

Since being established for the 1993 NBL season, the Crocodiles have enjoyed financial stability and sustained community support, but on-court success has eluded them.

Two Swiss narrow-gauge railways also have locomotive nicknamed Crocodiles ; the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn ( BVZ ) ( which merged with the Furka-Oberalp-Bahn ( FO ) in 2003 to form the Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn ) uses series HGe 4 / 4 I, known as the Zermatt crocodile, while the Chemin de Fer Yverdon-Ste.

Perhaps their best known work is Street of Crocodiles, based on the short novel of the same name by the Polish author and artist Bruno Schulz.

The critical success of Street of Crocodiles gave the Quay Brothers artistic freedom to explore a shift in subject matter, in part originating in literary and poetic sources that led to exploration of new aesthetic forms, but also because they were able to make extensive experiments in technique, both with cameras and on large stage sets.

Bands to open for Ladytron on their tours include Simian, The Presets, Client, CSS, Asobi Seksu, Mount Sims, Crocodiles, Franz Ferdinand, SONOIO, VHS or Beta and Geographer.

Alligators are often less aggressive towards humans than large crocodile species, a few of which ( mainly the Nile and Saltwater Crocodiles ) may prey on humans with some regularity.

In 2004 two female West African Dwarf Crocodiles successfully hatched on October 1, the first birth of this species in Canada.

The Fraternity of Crocodiles are the main antagonists and villains of the strip, described by Pastis as " inept and inarticulate neighbours " of Zebra and while they are indeed on very poor terms with all five main characters ( with the possible exception of Rat ), they are usually involved in various attempts to kill and eat Zebra, all of which fail.

After some band dissension, Ian Gilroy of The Crocodiles replaced Hough on drums.

The Crocodiles was a New Zealand pop band formed in 1979 with lead singer Jenny Morris, who went on to commercial success as a solo artist in Australia ; and later included drummer Barton Price who subsequently joined Sardine v and then Models.

The Crocodiles evolved from The Spats, under the mentorship of US producer Kim Fowley, and were founded in 1979 in Auckland with Backhouse, Dasent, Flaws, Lawrence and Mark Hornibrook on bass guitar and songwriter Arthur Baysting.

In January and February 2006, he was the only actor ( as Sneath ) to appear in two loosely linked Stephen Poliakoff dramas, Friends and Crocodiles and Gideon's Daughter, shown on BBC One.

Assigned to the US Army's 70th Tank Battalion, the flamethrowing tanks went into action on 18 September 1944, where it was found that the weapons had a very short range as compared to the British Crocodiles, and consequently were not very popular amongst US troops.

* Smithsonian Institution: Crocodiles on the Ceiling exhibition.

Faced with the prospect of paying Phoenix royalties on merchandise sales, the team changed its name to the Townsville Crocodiles.

Townsville missed the playoffs in 2002 and the 2003 season looked no better, but the Crocodiles strung together a 16-game winning streak to again finish second on the NBL ladder.

* " Monkeys ", a song by Echo & the Bunnymen on the album Crocodiles

Heal began his Sydney Kings coaching career with a 71-69 win against the Townsville Crocodiles on February 26, 2012.

Notable episodes included " As Seen on TV ," starring comic actor Bill Irwin as an auditioning dancer who becomes trapped in a television, wandering among daytime dramas, MTV, and PBS's own Sesame Street and the atmospheric puppet melodrama " Street of Crocodiles ," adapted by the Brothers Quay from the Bruno Shultz story.

: Crocodiles are similar to alligators and caimans ; for their common biology and differences between them, see Crocodilia.

Crocodiles are among the more biologically complex reptiles despite their prehistoric look.

Crocodiles can thus be subdued for study or transport by taping their jaws or holding their jaws shut with large rubber bands cut from automobile inner tubes.

The Crocodiles won the Frontier League championship in their inaugural year of 1997, defeating the Evansville Otters in the Championship Series.

Freshwater Crocodiles are easily identified by their narrow snout and a single row of four large boney lumps called ‘ scutes ’ immediately behind the head.

Pinned against the Orontes, the elements remaining of the Hittites not overtaken in the withdrawal were forced to abandon their chariots and attempt to swim the Orontes ( This flight is depicted in Egyptian inscriptions as " hurried " to say the least —" as fast as Crocodiles swimming "), where many of them drowned.

The Panther earned their fourth title in 1992, defeating the Munich Cowboys, which, in the following year, won the championship themselves, against Cologne Crocodiles, who suffered their fourth defeat in their fourth German Bowl.

Only in 2000 did neither of those two win the Bowl, instead, the Cologne Crocodiles finally reversed their fortunes and won a championship in their sixth attempt.

The Panther earned their fourth title in 1992, defeating the Munich Cowboys, which, in the following year, won the championship themselves, against Cologne Crocodiles, who suffered their forth defeat in their fourth German Bowl.

Only in 2000 did neither of those two win the Bowl, instead, the Cologne Crocodiles finally reversed their fortunes and won a championship in their sixth attempt.

Crocodiles are very fast over short distances, even out of water.

Crocodiles are ambush hunters, waiting for fish or land animals to come close, then rushing out to attack.

Crocodiles are protected in many parts of the world, but they also are farmed commercially.

Crocodiles are more closely related to birds and dinosaurs than to most animals classified as reptiles, the three being included in the group Archosauria (' ruling reptiles ').

Freshwater Crocodiles, found only in northern Australia, are not considered dangerous to humans.

Freshwater Crocodiles are widely distributed along the river year-round.

During the wet season, rises in water levels may allow Saltwater Crocodiles to enter the gorge, where they are caught and relocated to lower levels when the dry season begins.

Crocodiles are found in the estuarine and swamp areas.

Saltwater Crocodiles are found in the creeks.

Oriental Garden Lizards, Painted-lip Lizards, Mugger Crocodiles, Water Monitors, Bengal Monitors and 30 species of snake are found in the park.

The Mackay Meteorettes ( women ) and Mackay Meteors ( men ) represent the region in the Queensland Basketball League ( QBL ) and are feeder clubs to the Townsville Fire ( WNBL ) and Townsville Crocodiles ( NBL ) respectively.

Examples are the Pennsylvania Railroad DD1, FF1 and L5 and the various Swiss Crocodiles.

Mark VII Crocodiles are owned by the Muckleburgh Collection in Norfolk, the Cobbaton Combat Collection in Devon, the D-Day museum, the Wheatcroft Collection, the Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia and the Museum of the Regiments, Calgary, Alberta.

# The Crocodiles are here to Swim, Pub.

The Townsville Crocodiles are an Australian men's professional basketball team based in the North Queensland city of Townsville.