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[[File:Crocodylidae Distribution.png|thumb|550px|Distrubition of crocodiles]]
'''WæterdracaǷæterdraca''' is ænig cynd þæs cynnes '''Crocodylidae'''. Se wordcwideƿordcƿide mæge ēac beinnie eall þāra hāda ''Crocodilia'': þā wǣreƿǣre wæterdracanƿæterdracan, þā ālagetere, cǣgmanas, gārigelan, and ēac þā crocodylmorpha, þe ealdwæterdracacynnealdƿæterdracacynn beinnaþ.
Gesīþcynd þæs cynnes ''Crocodylidae'' sind micel wæterlicƿæterlic wyrmasƿyrmas þe þurh wearmstedumƿearmstedum in [[Affrica]]n wuniaþƿuniaþ, [[Asia]]n, [[Norðamerica|Norðum]] and [[Sūðamerica|Sūðum]] WīnlandeǷīnlande, and [[Australia|Āstrelian]]. WæterdracanǷæterdracan mǣste gadriaþ in frescwæterstedumfrescƿæterstedum gelic ēan, laga, wǣtlandƿǣtland, and hwīlumhƿīlum in sāmsealtwæteresāmsealtƿætere. Hīe etaþ mǣste [[hrycgdēor]] gelic [[fisc]]as, [[wyrm|ƿyrm]]as, and [[sycedēor|sycedēor]], and hwīlumhƿīlum unhrycgdēor gelic molluscas and rindcynn.
Hīe habbaþ eald frumcynn, and man belīefþ þæt hweorfodonhƿeorfodon hīe swīðesƿīðe seld siþþan ''dinosaura'' tīman. Man belīefþ þæt bēoþ hīe 200 þūsenda þūsend gēar eald, þēah ''dinosauras'' wurdonƿurdon dēad fore 65 þūsenda þūsend gēar; wæterdracanƿæterdracan þolodon grēatdēaða gelimpas.<ref name=ausfauna>Grigg, Gordon and Gans, Carl (1993) ''Morphology and Physiology of the Crocodylia, in Fauna of Australia'' Vol 2A Amphibia and Reptilia, hēafodweard 40, hlēafan 326-336. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. [http://eprint.uq.edu.au/archive/00002011/02/croc.pdf PDF]</ref>
== Līfcræft and gebǣre ==
WæterdracanǷæterdracan sind sæthuntas, ābīdende for fiscum oþþe landdēorum to cumenne nēah, þonne ræsende to feallenne. WesendeǷesende caldblōdige huntas, hīe habbaþ swīðesƿīðe slāwslāƿ bodigswiftnessebodigsƿiftnesse<!-- metabolism -->, and þus magon langum tīdum līfan būtan fōd. Hīe bēoþ hēafodhuntas in hiera ēðelum, and seah man missenlice cynd feallende and cwellendecƿellende 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>
== Fruman ==
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