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Swahili
Name: Mamba
Scientific
Name: Crocodile
Niloticus
Length: 6m tail included
Weight: 1 to 2 tonnes
Gestation
Period: up to
80 eggs and hatches in 90 days
Lifespan: Lakes,
large rivers, swamps
Food: Fish, Impala, Gazelle,
Zebra, Wildebeest on river banks
The Nile
crocodile is the most known of the 12 species of crocodile and the largest
predator in Africa. It’s one of the largest and most ferocious reptiles on earth
today. This croc is found throughout subtropical and tropical Africa and
Madagascar. Its population is said to have declined since World War II due to
hunting, nesting site disturbance and loss of habitat.
