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Crocodiles not the same as alligators.

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They both spend their lives in swamps & rivers in warm climates, although they breathe air through nostrils on the top of their snouts. Caymans & gavials are their relatives. The simple way of telling them apart is that crocodiles show the fourth tooth in
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Their lower jaw when their mouths are closed. Alligators, on the other hand, do not. It is probably wise not to go near enough to a live crocodile to find out, however, as they have been known to attack humans.

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