Re: CERTAINTIES, SMART CROWS & CROCODILE MYTHS

[JCMcL <darwincr@laplaza.taos.nm.us>]

On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, D.W.Naish wrote:

> 
> Up in my Top 5 of such is the so often quoted fact that - ahem - CROCODILES 
> CAN
> GALLOP. You'll find this stated in all the pretty crocodile books, and the 
> idea
> has even influenced behavioral speculations on various extinct reptiles like
> other crocodiles, phytosaurs and rauisuchians. As I have learnt from Paul 
> Willis
> however (and subsequent adventures in the literature have proved him right),
> only once has a crocodile, of any species, been known to gallop, This 
> individual
> was an unfortunate Freshie grabbed by the tail and scared shitless by a field
> crew making as much noise as possible. 
> 
> So then, do crocodiles *really* gallop?;-)
> DARREN NAISH


Horroars!  Let's hope not!

John McLoughlin