The Tropical World Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS.
Their Habits--The Gavial and the Tiger--Mode of Seizing their Prey--Their Voice--Their Preference of Human Flesh--Alligator against Alligator--Wonderful Tenacity of Life--Tenderness of the Female Cayman for her Young--The Crocodile of the Nile--Its Longevity--Enemies of the Crocodile--Torpidity of Crocodiles during the Dry Season--Their Awakening from their Lethargy with the First Rains--‘Tickling a Crocodile’ 332