#crocadilians

[fandomsandfeminism]

Hey, so... I know that the "animals with eyes on the side of their head are prey- and dragons on eyes on the of their heads" post is like...funny. very Tumblr. A+ content.

But I'm starting to see people just like...repeat that as though it's like....a fact?

But...we do know that 1. Front facing vs side facing eyes are just about whether field of vision or depth perception was selected for and 2. .... dragons are based on predatory *reptiles* right?

Yall know crocodiles aren't a "prey" species, right?

#i mean baby crocs do get predated #very few animals are like exclusively at the top or bottom of the food web #anyway I keep seeing people mimicking that original post like its some.... deeply profound insight about dragons #when dragons are basicalky just man what if a croc could fly that would be fucked up right #fun fact crocadilians arent lizards #crocs are more closely related to birds than to lizards

[tranny-alcchemy]

Hello! Im finally sending another science thing! studying zoology Im back at my intial believe, I used to believe in the kingdom classifications as any young biologist would. Then I started believing in the domain classifications. And now im like, non clade taxonomy doesnt make any sense

so even the newly published paper asking for an empire or even a 3 life taxonomy structures are just.. trying to tape over the old sciences I dont see a pro of a non clade taxonomy structure It only made sense before we started DNA sequencing life bc now we know that life only was created once in the entire history of Earth. So everything evolved from one thing So have a taxonomy where there different types of life from the start is.. wrong

It only helps to keep the non scientific terms alive. Bc if we dont have the hierchy taxonomy we cant call only specific animals what we call them like cats wont be just the things we casually call cats if we adopt a clade structure And humans would be monkeys and apes depending on which clade u go back to

From what I read so far, biologists already use clade classifications in research. And microtaxonomists neontologists handle the kingdom classifcations later And im kinda fine with that, but I wouldnt use the kindgoms in my head atleast

Disclaimer: I'm not a taxonomist so stuff i say may be wrong

honestly? the traditional biological ranking system sucks. i mean, its okay, but cladistics give the viewer much more information about what am organism is and how theyre related to others imo.

it also offers much greater room for nuance like in the case of birds and crocadillians. in traditional taxonomy, or at least the way i was taught in school, birds fall under class aves and crocadilians under class reptilia. this, ofc, implies crocadillians are closer related to other traditional reptilians than they are to birds, which isnt true. a cladistic approach, imo, is better suited to reflect those actual relationships.

Of course, this does lead to some interesting conclusions since, cladistically, once an organism is something, it will never stop being that thing. For example, this means all tetrapods are technically fish. However, personally I would not consider that a flaw but moreso a feature. After all, when would tetrapods stop being fish? There's no good point where you can accurately say they aren't that isn't super arbitrary. theres more to be said, but im tired so ill leave it at this for now

#fairypost

[tamberwoof]

I have a project I'm working on with some people I've met in various discord servers. I want more people to work on the project with, but I'm also pretty picky about strangers. So I'll be setting up a blog on here where I can talk about progress we make in the server, as well as include people interested in this idea.

It's based on warrior cats

Basic premise is that instead of looking up to the stars, the clans of this area have been blessed by animal families.

These clans look up to the individual animal families that blessed them. They have special traits that relate to these families.

One clan has Corvids, and one has Canines. There's Bovids(mountain goats specifically), Apoidea (bees and wasps), and Crocadilians so far!

There can end up being any amount of clans, as all of them will be rather small. 10 cats or under to start, with very few outsiders joining in due to the pretty unfriendly environment to humans.

Once we get things all sorted out, the people in the project can use the characters we've made to do a rp.

Here's a link to the blog where I'll be posting about the project!

#warrior cats #warrior cats original character #warriors oc #original project #warrior cats oc

[kagejima]

I think I'm turning into Sukuna a bit. I was playing a game and I feel really bad about it now but I'm pretty sure I killed every single crocadilian bitch there. Just wiped them out. And, even worse, immediately after I said "I love committing genocide" and I'm not sure what this means.

🍠

DBJENFJENDN BABY, WHAT? NO 😭😭😭😭 we need to get you like ACNH or Cozy Grove or something cute and soft 🥲🥲

#🎤: 🍠 anon is recording vocals #🎧: rae's artists

[heartzexodus]

Do you find it interesting that we have a grass type cat starter Pokémon since we already have a fire type cat starter Pokémon which was litten as well as a fire crocodile since we already have totodile?

I hadn't really thought much about it to be honest

I do think it would be funny if we got a grass crocadilian and a water cat in later generations though lol. We can technically make a bird trio with torchic, piplup, and rowlet so why not more animal trios

I'm curious what direction they'll take the new starters, it feels safe to say they'll have a unique take on the animal with cultural influence. Fuecoco at least feels unique enough on its own(and has won out as my favorite of the three). Personally I feel sprigatito is a bit similar to litten in terms of being a cute and sleek big eyed kitten, but who knows how the evolutions will go.

#the dragon speaks

[collectedsnek]

Gharial

Gavialis Gangeticus

Habitat: Wide slow moving rivers in South Asia.

Length: They can get up to 20ft long and can weigh from 350-550 plbs.

Diet: Adults will eat mainly fish while juveniles also hunt insects, crustaceans, and frogs.

Venom Toxicity: none

Cool Facts

They have very long narrow jaws so they can quickly move it in the water to help them catch their prey and thekr 100 ish teeth also help them hold on to the slippery fish.

They were on the brink of extinction in the 1970s and even now their current range is only a small fraction of what it was. Many steps have been taken to preserve the species such as harvesting wild eggs then reintroducing the young back into the wild. The process ensures that almost all of the young survive the most dangerous part of their life so they have a greater chance of reaching adulthood.

Predation is not the biggest reason of their number decline. People have depleted the fish stocks in many river so much so that even with the egg harvesting and reintroduction that many of the young cant survive.

The Gharial is also known as a Gavial because of Europeans misreading. Gharial is derived from the word ghara meaning mud pot.

#collected reptiles #collected snakes #gharial #gavial #amazing reptiles #crocadilians #beautiful lizards

[containsxmultitudes]

Additional headcanon related to the being excited about penguins at the zoo-

He probably doesn’t even need to see a penguin in person to get excited. Like you can show him a picture, video, or documentary of one and he gets equally enamored. However if he’s at home he will actually just screech about it for a second. Or many seconds. There might be tears, who’s counting?

#headcanon #sb: hey you wanna watch this penguin documentary with me? #Nick already thrilled: are you hitting on me right now cause that’s the hottest thing you’ve ever said to me #he does get equally excited about the aforementioned crocadilians from the last post #because they are his favorite #but damn dude them fuckin penguins rock his world #like god is a penguin and he’s positive of that #at least that’s the reality he’d like to live in #makes it sound like he’s a bigger fan of penguins than the crocs #but let’s just say crocodiles are his faves over all #but he does think penguins are the cutest bastards to walk the earth at the same time #also if you were curious what types of documentaries Nick is into the most? #nature documentaries #outofscars

[rocknrollerskates]

@trainstabbin

i like reptiles

#ic #that's it that's the reason #did you know there are four main types of crocadilians but people usually only think about alligators and crocodiles #there's gharials (which look SO fucked up) #and caimans #and they have ones under those names too #saltwater crocs and nile crocs and american crocs and mugger crocs #there's just a lot of different kind of crocadilians

[ruthlesslistener]

Am I the only person who watched/played Subnautica who really really wants to know what the massive ancient leviathan skeletons in the deep looked like alive

#especially the giant crocadilian one #subnautica

[genderfluid-and-confuzled]

HOW IS YOUR FAVORITE CROCADILLIAN A FRUIT IM SO CONFUSED

I AMSWERED THIS, I ASUME YOU MEAN CROCADILIAN LIKE CROCADILE AND ALIGATERSNARE LIKE CROCODILES AND THEY GROW ON TREES WITH AVACADOS

[delyth-thomas-art]

Today is Hesperosuchus Agilis, a distant crocadilian.

#dinovember 2019 #dinovember #archovember 2019 #archovember #hesperosuchus #crocodylus #croc #crocodile #palaeo art #palaeontology #palaeoart #delyth draws palaeo #my art

[monsternobility]

good argonians: • skinny generic lizardy argonians • crocodilian argonians • dinosaurian argonians • amphibian argonians • argonians that are digitigrade and cant wear normal boots • argonians with legs like anyone else • argonians with feathers • beefy argonians • skinny argonians • vampire argonians • argonians bad argonians: • ??????? • n/a

#monster decrees #hjalmar fits the crocadilian/dinosaurian category.. i need to draw him more #*crocodilian

[firelord-frowny]

what’s funny is that the US has more than its fair share of deadly wildlife, too

bears of the black and brown variety

an assortment of potentially deadly rattlesnakes and other pitvipers (eastern and western diamondbacks, mojave rattlers, southern pacific rattlers, timber rattlers, massasaugas, copperheads, cottonmouths... like, they’re everywhere. really) plus coral snakes, which are elapids and Very Venomous and though evidently they go out of their way to Not Bite, they can still ruin your day and potentially kill you

we’ve got bigass crocadilians in ~the south~, which include american alligators which are Huge and Dangerous, and also american crocodiles which are Huger and Dangerouser.

then there are the mountain lions/cougars, and also literal jaguars in the southwest (fun fact: jaguars kill their prey by just fucking biting them in the head and piercing their skulls)

but oh! it’s not just the predators/venomous animals that you gotta watch out for!

Moose will fuck a nigga up, too! So will bison!

And oh, can’t forget the spiders! Black widows probably won’t kill you, but they’ll wreck your shit and make you miserable for days on end. Brown recluse spiders also probably won’t kill you, but you just might lose a limb.

also in the arachnid class are the scorpions, most of which aren’t Super Dangerous, but at least one of which, the ~arizona bark scorpion~ can kill your kids and your grandma and can ruin the day of a healthy adult.

and yet!!! we’ve got all these Dangerous Critters running around, but I feel like literally no one i know has ever actually encountered any of these animals in a potentially dangerous situation. i mean i’ve seen exactly One alligator in miami (which was also the first alligator that my mom, who LIVED in miami for like 40 years, ever saw in the wild), i’ve seen a few black widow spiders but was never in danger of being bitten by any of them... i’ve never encountered any venomous snakes, or bears, and i don’t live in places where moose or mountain lions would be problematic.

but like??

idk i just think it’s cool that there’s all this dangerous shit lurking around and yet for some reason most of us literally do not have to worry about it at all.

[ultragaydeer]

Vore Club - Part 1 (Vore Story)

This is the first part of my new novella, "Vore Club". EGKangaroo and renkotenko square off in the first fight of the evening! Purchase the whole e-book for $2 or more here. - There are a lot of people in the world who live life unfulfilled. Dead end office job, nobody to come home to, no chance to advance in any sort of social or career-oriented sphere. Hobbies are often the only way that people like that can find meaning and spice in their life. From the mundane to the outlandish. Some people go too far in pursuit of filling that emptiness inside of themselves, though. Some take it a bit literally… I’m one of those people, and I know quite a few like myself. Come with me, yes, right through this doorway. Mind the gap there, some of the floorboards are a bit rickety...and so are the stairs. I promise it’s not as dangerous as it looks. There you go, just a bit more… The basement this stranger had led you into was dusty, dilapidated, and dimly lit. A lightbulb on a very tenuous cord swung around in the middle, making the level of light in the room constantly change. The basement was bigger than you thought, though. But the most important thing you noticed were the pairs of eyes staring at you; 10, 20, 30 even, all arranged in a circle on the sides of the room, leaving the middle open. “You can see. People from all walks of life, all species, all genders, they all come here because they do not feel FULFILLED. They need something else in their life. They need community, they need something to fill them...and I am more than willing to provide it to them.” the stranger continued, walking past you towards the center of the group. “Welcome to Vore Club.” A roar of applause came from the crowd gathered around the stranger. You hadn’t gotten a look at him until now, but he looked to be a deer of some sort. He wasn’t important, though. What was important were the people gathered, representatives of many species, genders, and no doubt sexualities as well. A veritable cornucopia of attendees, from all walks of life. And many of them were not going to leave. The deer pulled out a sheet of paper from his pocket. “The first match of the night will be….Joey and...Lyra Crocabit.” The crowd roared and hooted as two of their own stepped out into the ring; from the left came a grey, slightly chubby kangaroo, wearing only a pair of yellow boxers and a t-shirt. From the right side came something slightly more intimidating: some sort of chimera, the upper half being a crocodile, the lower half being a rabbit, with the wings and tail of a cockatiel. Most importantly, the pink wings rested on a pair of mechanical arms. Wearing a black skirt and purple tanktop, Crocabit looked like a shocking combination of styles; exactly the kind of look a chimera would go for. Joey motioned to the chimera’s mechanical arms as soon as the two of them met in the center. “Is that...is that even legal?” the kangaroo asked the deer, who was seemingly acting in a sort of officiating position, standing away from the crowd, but also away from the fight. “It’s Vore Club, kid. Everything’s legal.” Lyra gave a smug grin as she heard the deer’s officiating. “Oh, Joey, they aren’t that scary~” she teased, flexing her wing-arms a little bit as both of them got into some kind of fighting stance. It was obvious that they were both amateurs, but there seemed to be a sort of method to the madness around here… The deer moved to the center of the ‘ring’. He crouched down a bit himself, looking at both the competitors and pushing them slightly away from each other as he stepped in. “Annnnndddd….” The two competitors locked eyes with each other, both of them ready to pounce at any moment. “FIGHT!” The deer got out of the way almost immediately. Joey and Crocabit started out the match by pacing around each other, neither fighter wanting to make the first approach. Over time, the both of them tried to fake out the other, stepping forward before quickly jumping back or throwing out an arm as a safe approach. But it was Joey who eventually made the first move, diving into Crocabit and landing a punch right in her gut! The chimera was caught off guard by the chubby kangaroo’s surprising speed, but managed to keep her guard off to stop Joey from getting any more hits off. The kangaroo was small, and a bit chubby, but he had an agility to him that had caught Lyra off guard before. Now that Joey had a small advantage, he was starting to push it, leaning in and taking up Crocabit’s space, forcing the chimera to go more and more aggressive; a style that was prone to mistakes. Eventually, she whiffed, and Joey took the opportunity to get a strong grapple, getting the chimera in a headlock. He took the opportunity to do a bit of taunting of his own. “The best thing about chimeras like you is I never know what you’re gonna taste like~” the roo teased as Lyra squirmed in his grasp. Joey took his time to visualize what he was going to do to the chimera, describing it to the crowd as well. “Maybe I’ll belch up those pretty little arms when I’m done with you…” Unfortunately for Joey, all the gloating he was doing was moot if he didn’t actually follow through with gobbling up the chimera. And although he had Crocabit grappled, her fight was nowhere near extinguished. In fact, while Joey was taunting her, the crocodile took the opportunity to press a button on her arms. Suddenly, the whole dank basement lit up with a powerful glow, pointed right at the kangaroo’s eyes, who immediately yelled in surprise and somewhat pain as well as the light coming from Crocabit’s arms blinded him! The kangaroo stumbled backwards slowly, trying to regain his footing before Crocabit slammed the roo to the ground! The crowd hollered and cheered as the two opponents rolled and fought on the ground, Lyra with the clear advantage, always in control one way or another. Eventually, the chimera was able to finally pin down Joey, Crocabit's wide, toothy snout slowly opening wide as Joey tried to push the chimera off of him… Cheering erupted from all sides as Crocabit chomped down on Joey’s head, the roo’s paws scrambling for purchase as the rest of him was still pinned under the chimera. The wet sounds of suckling and slurping underpinned the roaring of the crowd, drool trickling down Crocabit’s chin as she started to feed. Despite Joey's best efforts, once a crocadilian got hold of its meal, it was going nowhere but down. Crocabit slowly lifted herself off of Joey as she shoved his neck into her craw, getting a firm grip on the squirming roo’s sides before throwing her head back, casually pushing her hair off her face before the main event. *glrrrrp!* Joey’s head almost immediately disappeared into the chimera’s throat, thick fleshy walls assailing the roo from all sides as Lyra started gulping him down madly. This was certainly the reptilian side of the chimera, engaging in a feeding frenzy of sorts as she continued gulping down the roo, a few inches of squirming lunch disappearing with every wet, thick swallow, egged on by the crowd, roaring and cheering for the chimera to finish her meal. Joey was chest-deep in chimera gullet at this point, and the only thing he could do was weakly twitch as the chimera made him her meal. Crocabit’s long tongue slipped underneath Joey's shirt, making the roo squirm from the sudden odd feeling on his belly! Her belly rumbled as she explored the kangaroo’s chubby belly, greedy for Crocabit to swallow it all down already, to add that chub to her own figure… *glrrrrk!* And that's exactly what she did. Another gulp plunged Joey waist-deep into thick chimera gullet, leaving the kangaroo’s legs kicking weakly and haphazardly as his only tether to the outside world. Joey was starting to bulge out the chimera’s throat and chest at this point, and Crocabit could feel the squirming roo starting to slowly sink into her stomach. Her head snapped back, jaws opening and closing as she messily swallowed the last of the kangaroo, slurping up his legs like noodles. And all the while, the crowd continued cheering. “One last gulp! One last gulp!” they all chanted, their insatiable lust for consumption being fed by Crocabit...as she fed herself! The crowd got what they wanted as Joey’s lips slipped into that long, green snout, Crocabit tipping her head up so everyone could see the last bulge Joey made slowly sinking in her throat… *glp.* The last swallow was somewhat anticlimactic. Lyra barely had any left of Joey to swallow, after all. But the crowd could still appreciate it as she flopped back on her butt, her gut starting to swell and lurch as Joey curled up inside. He was already mostly inside the chimera’s belly by the time that last swallow happened, but the crowd couldn’t see her bulging gut until now. And they absolutely loved it. The deer referee had to stop a few people from coming out to rub the belly, muttering something about “letting things sort themselves out.”. Crocabit just sat there, playing with and rubbing her gut as Joey kicked around inside, before letting out a roiling *HUUuuuuooooOOORRRRPppp!*! The crowd went silent for a moment, before erupting into applause. The chimera would have taken a bow if she could, but for now the incapacitated predator just waved to her people. “Wish I had something of your own to belch up…” she teased as she thumped her gut proudly, feeling Joey kick and squirm about inside in response to her teasing. But they both knew there was nothing Joey could do - he was trapped inside the chimera’s bubbling gut, and was about to be treated to a long, intimate digestion… The deer walked over to the first winner of the evening. He grabbed her hand in his own, lifting the bloated predator to her feet. “Lyra Crocabit wins!” he announced, to a roaring crowd. The chimera simply picked her teeth with one hand, hefting her stomach up in the other as she slowly walked back into the crowd, hands instantly reaching out to rub and play with her gut as the victorious fighter retired for the evening. Joey would be digesting for the rest of the day, that’s for sure…  

[celestialsunglasses]

I am in a dnd group with a character who is a beefy crocadilian lookin ass lizardfolk barbarian. He has a crocodilian wife. He also eats people and laughs in situations where laughing isn’t appropriate because he doesn’t understand emotions very well because he kinda runs a lot on instinctive feelings as opposed to other feelings.

#his name is gurgut and we stan the beefy lizard man #outofscars

[rettaroo]

New fav mythical creature, the hungry, nonbinary, crocadilian sea monster Cipactli

#archaeology #anthropology #fantasy