Study examines overlooked role fruit-eating crocodilians may play in forest regeneration
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
It turns out that alligators do not live on meat alone. Neither do Nile crocodiles. A new study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society says that the American alligator and a dozen other crocodile species enjoy an occasional taste of fruit along with their normal meat-heavy diets of mammals, birds, and fish.