Intense Zone » Reptiles http://intense-zone.com Little Bit of Everything Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Jumping Crocodiles http://intense-zone.com/jumping-crocodiles/ http://intense-zone.com/jumping-crocodiles/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:11:12 +0000 admin http://intense-zone.com/?p=40 You don’t often connect crocodiles with the ability to jump, but in fact many species have been noticed jumping – usually out of water, although one or two have the ability to leap on land. Leaping does not have to be just vertical, either. Lunging out of the water onto the land to surprise and capture prey is a classic method of hunting used by crocodilians. The same basic principles apply to each method of moving the crocodile’s body out of the water at speed.

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