Crocodiles are too dangerous to approach with a tape measure. Rom Whitaker and an assistant use photography to make an estimation of a gharial's size.
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Supersize Crocs: Video: How To Measure a Croc
Supersize Crocs: Interactive Crocodile Anatomy
Explore this interactive feature to learn about different aspects of the crocodile's anatomy.
Supersize Crocs: Video: Ambush Power
The Nile crocodile is known for its incredible ambush power. This amazing footage shows the crocodile nabbing its prey from the banks of the Grumeti River.
Supersize Crocs: Introduction
(Airs Sunday, October 4) Conservationist Rom Whitaker searches for the last of the supersize crocodiles among the titans of the croc world: Nile crocodiles, saltwater crocodiles, and gharials.
The Dragon Chronicles: Interview: Rom Whitaker, Reptile Expert
NATURE interviews Romulus Whitaker, the reptile expert and conservationist featured in "The Dragon Chronicles."
The Dragon Chronicles: Additional Web and Print Resources
View additional resources, online and in-print, for NATURE's "The Dragon Chronicles."
Supersize Crocs: Are They Gone for Good?: Overview
Sizing up the Supersize Croc: Overview
In this lesson, students will examine the similarities between crocodiles and humans as they compare and contrast skeletal structure, height ratios and body parts
Sizing up the Supersize Croc: Procedures for Teachers
Procedures for teachers using the "Sizing up the Supersize Croc" lesson plan, based on NATURE's "Supersize Crocs."
Supersize Crocs: Crocodile Secrets of Survival
The crocodile has few natural predators, an armor of bony plates covering most of its body and strong jaws capable of crushing anything from bones to cast iron.



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