This may be the only video footage in the world of a crocodile feeding its young. This is an adult Siamese Crocodile at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park allowing her offspring to eat meat from her mouth. www.alligatorfarm.com Crocodilians feeding their young?: More and more we are realizing how closely birds and crocodilians are related. They have many similar adaptations and behaviors. However one distinct difference is that crocodilians are not known to feed their young. Unlike most birds, hatchling crocodiles are ready to feed on their own soon after hatching. In spite of this, there have been occasional observations that may suggest that some parent crocodilians provide a little extra help to their offspring. McIlhenny, in his 1935 book, claimed to have seen American Alligators feeding their young on eight different occasions. A private individual in Florida claims to have seen his broad-snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris tearing pieces of meat from a large feeder rat and feeing the smaller pieces to their hatchlings. Blohm, in 1982, said that he witnessed an adult Orinoco crocodile, Crocodylus intermedius offering food to hatchling animals. On two occasions, we have witnessed our adult female Siamese crocodile allowing her hatchlings to eat meat from her mouth. This has only happened twice in almost two years, and did not occur until the hatchlings were more than a year old. The adult Siamese crocodiles are shifted off exhibit when they are fed. This …
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@1955thekeeper well actually when the dino’s lifed there were crocodiles there the only animal tht survived
back thn the crocodiles were 10-50meters long witch is prtty huge i saw a skeleton of 1 a few years ago they said it was from the dino ages
This looks like something that has transpired over and over again for literally millions of years. It must have worked well for them though because they’re still here. Can you imagine that instead of Crocs. they were T-Rex or Velociraptors?
aawww thats so cut ^_^
Wow this is very, very interesting.
I know. That’s why I siad it.
@moatguy people normally say that because the larger crocodile exhibits are not made to contain the smaller, squirmy babies that will squeeze through a hole in a chainlink fence that the parent animal couldn’t
Maybe it’s a new trend? Crocodiles have been around forever, and animal trends have been known to change every 100-200 years.
well this is probably the only time this will ever happen O.O
wow…for sure, never have seen this. Seen as muc has them cracking babies eggs and carrying babies to safety.. but never feeding the babies. This is neat… Thanks for sharing
as per wikipedia, both crocs and alligators are approx. 200 million yrs old. A bbc presentation on tv said 300 million. strange.. either way, they’re hella old, although i concede your figure is more accurate according to some literature.
silly tv exaggerations.
It’s closer to 150 million.
Cool how fats do they grow?somebody should have an alligator farm and sell alligator meat.
hahah aweeeeeeeeee thats cute
amazing vid! i wouldve doubted had i not seen this…..also based on what you wrote about the female denying the adult male meat in her mouth she obviously doesnt have any restrictions towards the young taking the meat would make an excellent case of this being a “feeding”.
not as cute when they get bigger!
cute!!
And who says reptiles aren’t nurturing parents!
look at them, they look like little lizards playing tug-of-war with a bed sheet.
no it doesnt not at all look at the snout.
these guys are survivors. theyve been here for 300 million+ years
they’re fast!
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It is a Siamese Crocodile, Crocodylus siamensis. Thanks for your comment though.
it looks like an american crocodile
I didnt even know they did that. Thats amazing