How do crocodiles chomp?
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Vermont Public
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🗓️ 19 April 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Why do lizards have scales? Why are reptiles cold-blooded? Why do lizards have long tongues? How do lizards grow their tails back? Are crocodiles dinosaurs? What’s the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? Why do crocodile eyes look like they have mirrors in the back? How do crocodiles chomp? Why do crocodile teeth stay sharp? Why are crocodiles green? Why do crocodiles swim? Answers to all of your crocodile and alligator questions with Venetia Briggs-Gonzalez, one of the researchers known as the Croc Docs at the University of Florida.
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| 0:00.0 | One of you has a question about amphibians. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm in Morris. I am six-year-old and I have a question about why |
| 0:12.0 | the almaanders has to live in wet habitats. |
| 0:16.0 | Stick around after this episode to learn more about Salimanders. The This is, but why, a podcast for Curious Kids from Vermont Public. |
| 0:44.3 | I'm Jane Lintholm. On this show we take questions from |
| 0:47.5 | curious kids just like you and we find answers. |
| 0:50.4 | You send us a lot of questions about animals and that is a-okay with me because if you haven't |
| 0:56.1 | already guessed I love animals too. |
| 0:59.9 | When I was a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist, a journalist, and a zookeeper. |
| 1:04.6 | Well, I guess one out of three ain't bad, right? |
| 1:07.3 | Anyway, I have always loved learning about animals, and so do Melody in Kiana. |
| 1:11.8 | And so we are more than happy to tackle all of your animal |
| 1:15.2 | questions. The animals we're going to talk about today are not the cute and |
| 1:20.3 | cuddly kind but they are still fascinating and even beloved in their own way. |
| 1:26.0 | We're learning about crocodilions, and we're going to learn about them from a researcher who |
| 1:30.8 | knows a lot about reptiles. |
| 1:33.7 | I'm Dr. Venetia Briggs Gonzalez and I am at the University of Florida with the Crock Docs Lab |
| 1:40.0 | at Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center. |
| 1:42.6 | As she mentioned, Venetia Briggs Gonzales, who likes to go by Dr V, |
| 1:46.8 | is part of a group of researchers known as the Crock Docks. |
| 1:50.4 | So the Crock Docks, it's a really cool story actually. It goes back to like very early 1970s. |
| 1:57.0 | My boss, Dr Frank Mazzotti, he was out with a journalist and there was a hatchling crocodile that wasn't doing so well and he gave it |
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