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The Link Between Birds and Alligators

Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:01:45
Publish Date: 2024-06-18 07:00:00
Description:

The crocodilians — crocodiles and their relatives, like the American Alligator — are the closest living relatives of birds. About 250 million years ago, the ancestors of all crocodiles split off from the dinosaur group that gave rise to modern birds. While crocs these days are mostly short-legged ambush predators, before mass extinction there were ocean-dwelling crocodilians and even species that ran around on two legs.

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