Top 3 interesting facts about Crocodiles

Crocodiles or true crocodiles are large aquatic tetrapods that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia. Crocodylinae, in which all its members are considered true crocodiles, is classified as a biological subfamily.

Here is the top 3 interesting facts about Crocodiles , enjoy :--

1- The muscles that close a crocodile’s jaws exert a force equivalent to a truck falling off a cliff,
but the muscles that open them are so weak that they can be kept shut by a rubber band.

2- The world’s largest known crocodile and the world’s smallest man are from the same island in the Philippines.

3- Crocodiles have no lips and can hold their breath for an hour.

Top 3 interesting facts about Crocodiles

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