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Pork dinners fuel huge crocodiles’ return from near-extinction

Saltwater crocodiles in northern Australia have thrived after adding feral pig to the menu.
Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swimming underwater with air bubbles exiting its nose in Queensland, Australia.

The population of saltwater crocodiles boomed in some parts of Australia after the reptiles began supplementing their usual seafood with feral pig. Credit: Reinhard Dirscherl/Science Photo Library

In parts of Australia, the world’s largest living reptile is making a comeback thanks in part to a diet rich in pork, new research suggests1.

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Nature 605, 11 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01133-z

References

  1. Campbell, M. A. et al. Biol. Lett. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0676 (2022).

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