# Crocodilians and Turtles

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 22, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodilians-and-turtles/613660 "2012-02-22T20:27:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crocodilians-and-turtles/613660/21 "2012-02-22T23:10:57Z")

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> [@bup](#):
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> That’s a great point. For all I know, plesiosaurs gave birth to live young. [In fact, they did.](http://news.discovery.com/animals/plesiosaur-live-birth-110811.html)
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> Icthyosaurs were gone by the KT boundary, though.

Right, but just because one species did that doesn’t mean all did. There are lots of snakes that are ovoviviparous but others that are oviparous.

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