Nearly extinct crocodiles hatch in Cambodia

Tui Churn, a community ranger who was involved in discovering and protecting the nests, has high hopes for the species. “This discovery shows that our investments in conservation have paid off, and I believe that with our continued conservation efforts, the Siamese crocodile population will continue to increase in the future,” he told CNN.

They eat corpses and make “swimming pools” for children.

This species can reach a length of four metres. Given its size, it is a top predator, notes Bassos. “It helps control prey and small predator populations, and avoids pests and ecosystem disruption. Furthermore, it is an opportunistic species, and in addition to hunting, it eats dead animals, which speeds up the nutrient cycle in nature, a role that flies play.” “It would take the larvae weeks to do this,” he says.

Careful with puppies. Crocodiles, as a whole, are very careful with their young, the biologist explains, but Siamese crocodiles have a strange—and even cute—quirk: “They usually make little pools for their young and many species of local plants and animals as well. We need these little pools of water to survive,” the biologist says.