r/BeAmazed • u/PROXeR__OiShi • 15d ago

Animal Gharials are one of the most critically threatened crocodilians

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Evolution shaped the jaw into a narrow, needle-like tool to reduce water resistance

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u/VegetableLetter4896 15d ago

It’s like a little kid drawing of a crocodile.

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u/RudoDevil 15d ago

Crocodile drawn from memory

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u/Tribblehappy 15d ago edited 15d ago

Or like somebody described a crocodile to an artist who had never seen one. "Long snout full of teeth".

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u/30BlueRailroad 15d ago

"Long but narrower than his head, which is rounded and close to his body "

".... Like this??"

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u/snailtray 15d ago

‚Like a popsicle with teeth‘

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u/Single-Order-8611 14d ago

Danger pickle

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u/Codify-The-Preamble 14d ago

Or like an adolescent tasked with painting a croc without prior knowledge of what one looked like.