Comment on bitey

• EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Crocodiles are also one of those rare animals that don’t “age” in the traditional sense. Once they reach adulthood, they continue to get larger and larger until they eventually starve or their organs collapse under their own body weight. They don’t lose muscle mass or bone density or any of the usual issues we attribute to getting older.

  Imagine having the build of a 25 year old at 100 and being 7+ft tall. That’s how crocodiles age.

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• grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah I’ve never seen one in real life, so I feel like like I’m not grokking the sense of scale.

  Kind of like seeing a horse or moose for the first time (guess my hemisphere lol).

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Here’s a rough size comparison

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    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I’m still not getting it. Maybe I’ll see one for real one day and then it’ll click

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