Bob
03-04-2014, 07:49 PM
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/13/beware-in-the-bayou-gators-and-crocs-can-climb/?utm_source=NatGeocom&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=inside_20140220&utm_campaign=Content
Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and lead author on the paper, said it didn’t occur to him to look for crocodiles overhead. But in the course of researching their natural behaviors, he and his colleagues noticed a number of the animals in trees and became curious. On three continents—North America, Africa, and Australia—they observed four different species climbing trees.
Vladimir Dinets, a research assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and lead author on the paper, said it didn’t occur to him to look for crocodiles overhead. But in the course of researching their natural behaviors, he and his colleagues noticed a number of the animals in trees and became curious. On three continents—North America, Africa, and Australia—they observed four different species climbing trees.