Only show
results for:

Topics related to "Adamdun the Hippopotamus and the Crocodile"

Nile crocodile Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile) See CROCODYLIDAE.... Read more
leviathan leviathan
leviathan , in the Bible, aquatic monster, presumably the crocodile, the whale, or a dragon. It was a symbol of evil to be ultimately defeated by the power of good.... Read more
crocodile crocodile
crocodile large, carnivorous reptile of the order Crocodilia, found in tropical and subtropical regions. Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water. They have flattened bodies and tails, short legs, and powerful jaws. The eyes, ears, and nostrils are located... Read more
Kruger National Park Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park game reserve, c.8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km), Limpopo and Mpumalanga, NE South Africa. One of the world's largest wildlife sanctuaries, it has almost every species of game found in southern Africa. In its rivers are found hippopotamuses and crocodiles; everywhere countless... Read more
Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika second largest lake of Africa, c.12,700 sq mi (32,890 sq km), E central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia, and Burundi. It is c.420 mi (680 km) long and up to 45 mi (72 km) wide. The lake lies in the Great Rift Valley (alt. 2,534 ft/772 m) and is the... Read more
gavial gavial
gavial , large reptile of the crocodile order, found in rivers from Pakistan to Myanmar. Also called gharial, the gavial ( Gavialis gangeticus ) is distinguished from the crocodiles and alligators by its extremely long, slender, parallel-sided snout. It feeds chiefly on fish, which it catches... Read more
Steve Irwin Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin (1962–2006) was best known for his popular wildlife program Crocodile Hunter. His unbridled enthusiasm for such unlovely creatures as crocodiles, snakes, and spiders earned him a tremendous following, and his... Read more
Limpopo Limpopo
Limpopo , river, c.1,100 mi (1,770 km) long, rising in Limpopo prov., South Africa. It flows in a great arc, first north (forming part of the South Africa-Botswana border), then east (forming the South Africa-Zimbabwe border), and finally southeast through Mozambique to the Indian Ocean. The upper... Read more
Crocodilia Crocodilia
Crocodilians The class Crocodylia consists of twenty-two species of alligators, caimans, gharials, and crocodiles worldwide, and is most closely related to birds (class Aves). Like birds (and mammals), crocodilians have the ventricleof their heart divided into left... Read more
monophyletic monophyletic
monophyletic In systematics, describing a group of organisms that contains all the descendants of a particular single common ancestor. In cladistics such a grouping is called a clade and is the only type of group regarded as valid when constructing classification schemes. Hence the monophyletic... Read more

Sorry, no results were found on Encyclopedia.com

No reference documents or articles match the search term Adamdun the Hippopotamus and the Crocodile


Suggestions:

  • Check the spelling of your search term
  • Try using fewer keywords
  • Try using more general keywords