Adam Britton

@DrTLStubbs @_Crocodiles @JohnRHutchinson @masayaiijima @drmambobob I've made several over the years and used them successfully with large porosus, not bomb proof nor super accurate but easily replaced, gets the message across on TV.

hungry boa constrictors have to manage two things at once: squeezing their prey to death—which compresses their ribs down—and breathing, which requires expanding their ribs out. here's the very cool science behind how they manage both at once. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

@DrBrianKeating Bats sound funny while eating

Your thesis in 5 words or less. Go:

Great to see this new paper on improving human-crocodilian coexistence in Brazil, with its fabulous diversity of species. Also to see authors building on growing regional literature on humans-crocs summarised last year in Conservation Science and Practice. ethnobioconservation.com/index.php/ebc/…

@aroseadam Surely handling alligators has prepared you for this! More importantly, congrats!

Very interesting. I have questions, but this study needs doing more widely for crocs. twitter.com/aroseadam/stat…

When Smaug is away, the freshies will play.

@_Crocodiles Croc and gator teeth do this all the time though, wearing grooves, sockets or holes into jaw bones as they grow. Breakthrough holes are normal in some species (usually through the premaxilla), and while unusual in gators it can happen with misalignment or in older animals. 🐊

Finally a great photo of this. Who to credit @GatorsDaily? twitter.com/GatorsDaily/st…

other animals: *oh no it's cold!?!?! can't survive :'(* gator: *I raise my snoot out da freezing water and relax*

@_Crocodiles Not accurate, see Platt et al thebhs.org/publications/t…

I like signs that don't beat around the bush.

Got power back at last. Just in time to catch up on #croctober with this great overview of living croc species in #26daysofcroc by @afrosuchia. He saves the best for last of course! twitter.com/afrosuchia/sta…

For today’s #26DaysOfCroc we’ll wrap up #Crocodylidae with the largest extant croc & the largest extant reptile in the world, the Saltwater crocodile. Saltwater crocodiles have a huge range from the East coast of India, across southeast Asia & throughout many Pacific Islands

Gharial, a fish eating croc often entangle in nylon fishing nets due to their long snout all across their range, fishers chop their snouts off to save the net. Its miraculous how they survive and heal and known as "Tadiyal" by locals. pc Travelwith.in @CrocSpecGroup

#VoluntaryNatureConservancy is pleased to announce the 9th #CharotarCrocodileCount-2022. It is a #CitizenScience Initiative by @vncindia designed to bring together a diverse set of participants to be part of the mugger crocodile counting exercise (1/5) #CCC2022 #CrocCount

@_Crocodiles That croc is yawning, not chomping though. You can tell from the way the palatal valve is slightly open. A reverse chomp, then.

Great example of why being an ambush predator is the best kind of predator.

@conservbytes Next time you're up here, let me know.

Thanks to #conservation efforts in #China, the pop'n of critically #endangered Chinese #Alligators has doubled since 2003! #rewilding #gators #crocodilians #reptiles #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #optimism #conservationoptimism #news #LetNatureThrive news.cgtn.com/news/2021-07-1…

(1/6) Media shapes public perceptions of wildlife conservation. How they cover (-) human-predator interaction? Is there any species bias? Here we conduct media content analysis of conflict between people and charismatic 🐅 & less-charismatic 🐊 in Indonesia #DICECON21 #HumWild

@BrianEngh_Art Salties and freshies often bask together where they overlap. Tolerance is more common than people think because photos of freshies being eaten get shared a lot. Competition is reduced where resources are plentiful. This photo from the Daly River for example.