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Eerie orange crocs gorge on cave bats.

Source :
New Scientist. 10/15/2016, Vol. 232 Issue 3095, p16-16. 1/4p.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

The article mentions the discovery of dwarf crocodiles living in the Abanda caves in Gabon that were living off of bats and crickets in the caves and states that some of the crocodiles were orange in color as a result of urea in bat guano which makes the water basic and erodes away crocodile skin.

Subjects

Subjects :
*CROCODILES
*CAVES

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
02624079
Volume :
232
Issue :
3095
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New Scientist
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
118718027
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(16)31877-2