Sydney, February 11: Crocodiles and alligators’ consume such a heavy
meal in one sitting that they require diverting gas-rich blood away
from their lungs into their stomachs to digest it, say US researchers.
C. G. Farmer, an assistant professor of biology at the University of
Utah, says that a study of American alligators suggests that they can
eat 23 per cent of their own mass at once. She believes that the
finding is applicable to all crocodilians.
The researcher says that the study also appears to have solved the
mystery as to why alligators and crocodiles often find a warm place to
quietly recline after consuming a huge meal.
Sydney, Feb.
