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Old 07-08-2004, 11:55 AM   #4
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Originally posted by snakegetters
I wouldn't be too surprised to hear about an island form that didn't get that large. I also wouldn't be too surprised if a neonate from that population got a lot bigger than its parents, given unlimited food throughout its lifetime. There is a population of dwarf crocs that is currently being studied. Opinions are about evenly divided on whether the animals remain small because of a scarcity of resources or whether their size is really genetic as opposed to environmental.
It wasn't so much the size that caught my eye, than the claim that they are primarily RODENT FEEDERS in the wild!