Reported in friday’s issue of Science published by NAAS no less:
<HR>Remember the urban legend about crocodiles thriving in New York City’s sewers? A team of German zoologists has stumbled upon a population of Nile crocodiles in an equally improbable setting: the middle of the Sahara desert.<HR>
The crocs were found in a series of caves in a plataue region of southern Mali. Four nile crocodile were observed directly, by researchers who entered the caves. No mention of albinism was made in the article. :rolleyes:
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I recall seeing a show or article that highlighted a group of crocs in an oasis surrounded by cliffs. I don’t recall if they were Nile crocs but they were big. I could understand how they survived, but how did they get there in the first place ??
Trapped just like myself, except this ain’t no oasis.
I was thinking that might be the case, but I got to wondering, how long does it take for an oasis to be isolated ? How many generations of crocs lived isolated like that ? Could we send Phaedrus to observe speciation ?