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Aiming to inspire & educate all people to conserve crocs and their kin. Media is original, except where noted. #crocodile #alligator #gharial #caiman

Full Sarcosuchus skull
GATORLAND POPS "SUPER STAR" YOU KNOW "THE WORLD'S MOST INTERESTING MAN" FROM THOSE TV COMMERCIALS? POPS IS THE GATOR VERSION OF THAT GUY. THIS MASTER THESPIAN HAS STARRED IN "INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM," "ORANGE COUNTY CHOPPERS," AND "PET PSYCHIC TO NAME A FEW. LIKE MOST MOVIE STARS, POPS IS ADORED BY THE LADY GATORS, BUT NEVER CAUSES TROUBLE ON SET. IN FACT, HE DOESN'T CARE WHAT COLOR M&M'S WE PUT IN HIS DRESSING ROOM. HE TAKES DIRECTION WELL AND EVEN DOES HIS OWN STUNTS. THE OLDEST ALLIGATOR AT GATORLAND, HE WAS JUST A GRUNT HATCHLING WHEN GATORLAND OPENED IN 1949.
An unmoving Cuban croc blinks their third eyelid.
A top down view of a saltwater crocodile’s head.
A yellow Nile crocodile floats on the water’s surface.
A plethora of baby alligators swimming.
Two baby gators, one leucistic, touching snouts. At Gatorland.
A basking baby alligator rests on a log. Eyes are shut and its forelimbs barely touches the pool of water below.
A fossil slab of a caiman skull. The slab is flat, but you can see dimensions to the skull. The mouth is slightly agape and off center.
Fossilized poop on a slab
A baby alligator next to the skull of a sub adult. Note: for transport, this gator had its mouth wrapped. The wrap was removed shortly after.
A Guide to Identifying Crocodilians of the World Brueggen and Brueggen
Crocodile skeleton
A sculpted head of an extinct crocodilian.
A restored fossil crocodilian.
An alligator statue placed on a golf course scene.
Kaprosuchus skull reconstruction.
A sideways view of a cast of Supercroc. Mouth agape.
A fossilized skull rest on a table, partially encased in a plaster field jacket.
Skeletelal fossil slab compared to plaster reconstruction of the animal.
A long, thin snout, as in Gavialis, accompanied by many small teeth, suggests a fish diet.
Submerged teeth line of a reptile. Some teeth point up, some point down.
A fossil plaque of a cursed up alligator. The skull and dorsal osteoderms are especially prominent. From the American Museum of Naturay History in NYC.
Side view of a model of a baby alligator.
Gharial skull, with a very long and narrow snout, aka Longirostrine.
Side profile sculpts of an alligator and crocodile. Gator is up top. Croc is down low.
Left: American alligator. Right American crocodile. 🎶”Side by side”
A black caiman’s head breaks the surface of water. It has many bumpy scales on the rear portion of its head.
Two Nile crocs one lying along a body of water, the other curled mouth open and head looking slightly upward to the right.
A Jurassic World Sarcosuchus action figure in packaging. The croc is dark purple, pink, and light blue.
9 Pokémon cards comprising the crocodilian inspired characters. Totodile and their evolutions (Croconaw, Feraligatr), Sandile and their evolutions (Krokorok, Krookodile), and Fuecoco (Crocalor, Skeledirge)
Several alligators swimming in a pond, heads above water at various angles. They’re fairly close together. The water is dark and murky.
The sign reads: ! DANGER ALLIGATOR IN THE AREA ADVISORY Avoid alligator attack Stay away from tall grass and water. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT A yellow triangle graphic of an alligator marks the center of the sign.
Top down view of the head of a American crocodile (C. acutus) spotted at the Tarcoles River Bridge in Costa Rica.
An awful AI generated representation of a crocodilian just before biting off the head of a “pterosaur”.
View of a dwarf caiman at Shedd Aquarium. First an underwater view then moving to focus on its head. The caiman floats in the surface of the water.
A dozing alligator resting its head on the back of another alligator.
Underwater view of a dwarf caiman. It rests on a submerged log and the top part of its head is out of the water making it not visible.
A beer carrier for Christmas Ale. Santa is on his sleigh, but has a team of alligators pulling instead of reindeer.
A hippo skull with long tusks exposed on top of a crate. A croc skull atop another crate has its mouth open. Taken at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Sebek Stele A servant feeding a sacred crocodile for Sebek, the fertility god. POV view of Indy holding a white piece of stone with carvings of humans and crocodiles.
A fossilized crocodile plaque. Much of its front limbs are scattered/missing. Long narrow snout. Splayed out hind limbs. Very thick tail. Some osteoderms are visible.
A crocodile tooth. White and conical.
Orinoco crocodile jaws wide open (side view).
Side view of a tomistoma skull resting on foam. A specimen tag hangs below the orbit.
Front view of a submerged spectacled caiman.
3 safety signs: 1. NO FISHING ALLIGATORS & SNAKES ARE COMMON IN THIS AREA. THEY CAN BE DANGEROUS & SHOULD NOT BE APPROACHED, FRIGHTENED OR FED. PLEASE GIVE THEM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE. ORANGE BEWARE OF WILDLIFE COUNTY KEEP YOUR DISTANCE GOVERNMENT 2. DANGER ALLIGATOR IN THE AREA ADVISORY 3. A graphic with a crocodile in a triangle.