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Photo Gallery: Alligators and Crocodiles

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Photo: Close-up of a Nile crocodile with its head above water
Photo: An American crocodile emerging from its eggshellPhoto: Close-up of an American alligator's headPhoto: Close-up of a Nile crocodile with its head above waterPhoto: American alligator basking on a riverbankPhoto: American crocodile emerges from the waters.Photo: A saltwater crocodile on a beachPhoto: American alligator on a logPhoto: A young Nile crocodile gliding along a shallow estuary
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Nile crocodiles are the largest crocodilians in Africa, sometimes reaching 20 feet (6 meters) long.
Photograph by Chris Johns

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