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Ƿæterdraca is æniȝ cynd þæs cynnes Crocodylidae. Se ƿordcƿide mæȝe ēac beinnie eall þāra hāda Crocodilia: þā ƿǣre ƿæterdracan, þā ālagetere, cǣȝmanas, gāriȝelan, and ēac þā crocodylmorpha, þe ealdƿæterdracacynn beinnaþ.
Ȝesīþcynd þæs cynnes Crocodylidae sind miċel ƿæterliċ ƿyrmas þe þurh ƿearmstedum in Affrican ƿuniaþ, Asian, Norðum and Sūðum Ƿīnlande, and Āstrelian. Ƿæterdracan mǣste gadriaþ in frescƿæterstedum ȝeliċ ēan, laga, ƿǣtland, and hƿīlum in sāmsealtƿætere. Hīe etaþ mǣste hrycgdēor ȝeliċ fiscas, ƿyrmas, and syċedēor, and hƿīlum unhrycgdēor ȝeliċ molluscas and rindcynn.
Hīe habbaþ eald frumcynn, and man belīefþ þæt hƿeorfodon hīe sƿīðe seld siþþan dinosaura tīman. Man belīefþ þæt bēoþ hīe 200 þūsenda þūsend ȝēar eald, þēah dinosauras ƿurdon dēad fore 65 þūsenda þūsend ȝēar; ƿæterdracan þolodon grēatdēaða ȝelimpas.[1]
Līfcræft and ȝebǣre[ādihtan]
Ƿæterdracan sind sæthuntas, ābīdende for fiscum oþþe landdēorum to cumenne nēah, þonne ræsende to feallenne. Ƿesende caldblōdiȝe huntas, hīe habbaþ sƿīðe slāƿ bodiȝsƿiftnesse, and þus magon langum tīdum līfan būtan fōd. Hīe bēoþ hēafodhuntas in hiera ēðelum, and seah man missenliċe cynd feallende and cƿellende scearcas.[2]
Fruman[ādihtan]
- ↑ Grigg, Gordon and Gans, Carl (1993) Morphology and Physiology of the Crocodylia, in Fauna of Australia Vol 2A Amphibia and Reptilia, hēafodƿeard 40, hlēafan 326-336. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. PDF
- ↑ Saltwater Crocodile, Saltwater Crocodile Profile, Facts, Information, Photos, Pictures, Sounds, Habitats, Reports, News - National Geographic. Animals.nationalgeographic.com. Beȝieten on 2010-03-16.
