Ultimate Predators: On the Hunt with Crocodiles

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THE ANIMAL WORLD IS FULL OF PREDATORS Predators are the hunters that find catch and eat other animals their prey to survive Every environment has its chain of hunters The smaller slower less able predators become part of the prey for the bigger faster more cunning hunters But everywhere just a few kinds of predators are at the top of the food chain These are the top predators In the coastal ocean waters rivers and swamps of tropical parts of Africa Asia the Americas and Australia those top predators include crocodiles Scientists have identified eighteen species or kinds of crocodiles and believe there may be more The largest of these different crocodile species is the saltwater crocodile A close runner up is the Nile crocodile