"The crocodile that circumnavigated Cape York Peninsula to return to its capture site, travelled more than 400 km in 20 days, which is the longest homeward travel yet reported for a crocodilian." Nobody knows how the crocodiles found their way home. 🐊 🗺 h
RT @crocodiledunphd: I really love this study that showed 3 translocated saltwater crocs just went straight home (one went over 400km in 20…
RT @crocodiledunphd: I really love this study that showed 3 translocated saltwater crocs just went straight home (one went over 400km in 20…
RT @crocodiledunphd: I really love this study that showed 3 translocated saltwater crocs just went straight home (one went over 400km in 20…
RT @crocodiledunphd: I really love this study that showed 3 translocated saltwater crocs just went straight home (one went over 400km in 20…
I really love this study that showed 3 translocated saltwater crocs just went straight home (one went over 400km in 20 days!) because (a) that is some insane navigation & (b) I really want Disney to make a new crocodile version of 'The Incredible Journ
RT @BrianEngh_Art: @DanielTrachemys Yeah I'm not sure how we can define full time. Seems like they must've spent most of their time within…
@DanielTrachemys Yeah I'm not sure how we can define full time. Seems like they must've spent most of their time within a few days swim of a river mouth, but how far can a 6M+ marine reptile swim in a week? Satellite tags have shown that crocs can do 10-3
RT @OtavioVulcao: Crocodilos de Água Salgada são répteis incríveis! Sua capacidade de deslocamento entre terra e oceano já foi registrada q…
São incríveis 🥰
Satellite Tracking Reveals Long Distance Coastal Travel and Homing by Translocated Estuarine Crocodiles, Crocodylus porosus https://t.co/lj9fWcc3Rv
Long distance homing! https://t.co/TAIf2T6Oso
A different kind of homing pigeon... https://t.co/qBwcmVaQXy
RT @SciParty: Alligators (and crocodiles) are amazing at homing! Check out this cool paper in @PLOSONE #SciParty https://t.co/VXk9b8V32n h…
RT @SciParty: Alligators (and crocodiles) are amazing at homing! Check out this cool paper in @PLOSONE #SciParty https://t.co/VXk9b8V32n h…
Alligators (and crocodiles) are amazing at homing! Check out this cool paper in @PLOSONE #SciParty https://t.co/VXk9b8V32n https://t.co/YeCrPblqVg
This paper documented a relocated saltie traveling >400 km in 20 days to its original capture site!!! #CrocFacts https://t.co/dObm7183uq
If you've ever wondered why translocation of problem #crocodilians is ineffective, read this paper! #openaccess https://t.co/iuCWOAKahJ