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Crocodilians do cry while they eat Oct 22 2007

The old expression “crying crocodile tears”, meaning false or insincere weeping, was based on the belief that crocodiles cry with fake remorse while tearing into their prey. And there’s some truth in it after all.

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Turtle mystery solved Sep 27 2007

The hatchlings of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) enter the ocean soon after they are born – and vanish for up to five years. For 50 years, researchers have been unable to explain what happens to them during this period, before they return closer to shore fully grown.

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Study sheds light on ‘fin-to-limb’ evolution Aug 27 2007

A new study has revealed that sharks had the potential in their genes to develop fingers and toes 500-million years ago, pushing back the date of ‘fin-to-limb’ evolution by 135-million years, National Geographic News reported.

Study leader Martin Cohn of the University of Florida claims in a statement, “We’’ve uncovered a surprising degree of genetic complexity in place at an early point in the evolution of appendages.” The genes did not mean that sharks actually had human-like digits, however. The findings appear in the journal PLos ONE.

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