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.

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