Toscead betweox fadungum "Wæterdraca"

| name = ǷæterdracaWæterdraca

| fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]] - NiƿesNiwes

| image_caption = Nīles ƿæterdracanwæterdracan

'''ǷæterdracaWæterdraca''' is æniȝænig cynd þæs cynnes '''Crocodylidae'''. Se ƿordcƿidewordcwide mæȝemæge ēac beinnie eall þāra hāda ''Crocodilia'': þā ƿǣrewǣre ƿæterdracanwæterdracan, þā ālagetere, cǣȝmanascǣgmanas, gāriȝelangārigelan, and ēac þā crocodylmorpha, þe ealdƿæterdracacynnealdwæterdracacynn beinnaþ.

ȜesīþcyndGesīþcynd þæs cynnes ''Crocodylidae'' sind miċelmicel ƿæterliċwæterlic ƿyrmaswyrmas þe þurh ƿearmstedumwearmstedum in [[Affrica]]n ƿuniaþwuniaþ, [[Asia]]n, [[Norðamerica|Norðum]] and [[Sūðamerica|Sūðum]] ǷīnlandeWīnlande, and [[Australia|Āstrelian]]. ǷæterdracanWæterdracan mǣste gadriaþ in frescƿæterstedumfrescwæterstedum ȝeliċgelic ēan, laga, ƿǣtlandwǣtland, and hƿīlumhwīlum in sāmsealtƿæteresāmsealtwætere. Hīe etaþ mǣste [[hrycgdēor]] ȝeliċgelic [[fisc]]as, [[ƿyrmwyrm]]as, and [[sycedēor|syċedēorsycedēor]], and hƿīlumhwīlum unhrycgdēor ȝeliċgelic molluscas and rindcynn.

Hīe habbaþ eald frumcynn, and man belīefþ þæt hƿeorfodonhweorfodon hīe sƿīðeswīðe seld siþþan ''dinosaura'' tīman. Man belīefþ þæt bēoþ hīe 200 þūsenda þūsend ȝēargēar eald, þēah ''dinosauras'' ƿurdonwurdon dēad fore 65 þūsenda þūsend ȝēargēar; ƿæterdracanwæterdracan þolodon grēatdēaða ȝelimpasgelimpas.<ref name=ausfauna>Grigg, Gordon and Gans, Carl (1993) ''Morphology and Physiology of the Crocodylia, in Fauna of Australia'' Vol 2A Amphibia and Reptilia, hēafodƿeardhēafodweard 40, hlēafan 326-336. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. [http://eprint.uq.edu.au/archive/00002011/02/croc.pdf PDF]</ref>

== Līfcræft and ȝebǣregebǣre ==

ǷæterdracanWæterdracan sind sæthuntas, ābīdende for fiscum oþþe landdēorum to cumenne nēah, þonne ræsende to feallenne. ǷesendeWesende caldblōdiȝecaldblōdige huntas, hīe habbaþ sƿīðeswīðe slāƿslāw bodiȝsƿiftnessebodigswiftnesse<!-- metabolism -->, and þus magon langum tīdum līfan būtan fōd. Hīe bēoþ hēafodhuntas in hiera ēðelum, and seah man missenliċemissenlice cynd feallende and cƿellendecwellende scearcas.<ref name = NGeographicCroc>{{cite web|url=http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/saltwater-crocodile.html?nav=A-Z |title=Saltwater Crocodile, Saltwater Crocodile Profile, Facts, Information, Photos, Pictures, Sounds, Habitats, Reports, News - National Geographic |publisher=Animals.nationalgeographic.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}</ref>

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