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West-AfricanCrocodile

West-African Crocodile

Introduction

Welcome to Dublin Zoo’s series where we willgive you and your children a daily activity booklet to work togetherto complete. All of the answers you will need to complete this activity bookletcan be found on the Dublin Zoo website – www.dublinzoo.ie, or onour social media pages. If you and your children are taking part in these activities, don’tforget to tag in your progress pictures so we canshare them on our Instagram and Facebook Stories. Have fun and stay safe! –

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West-African crocodiles are reptiles with long and scaly bodies, short limbs and longpowerful muscular tails. Their eyes, ears and nostrils are located on the top of its head

to help when they're hunting.

West-African Crocodile

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Crocodiles go through about 8000 teeth in their lifetime.

Crocodile are slow swimmers and swim at speeds ofaround 5km/ph

The West-African crocodile can be found in ZoorassicWorld at Dublin Zoo.

West-African crocodiles are native to Ireland.

West-African crocodiles usually live for about 45 years inthe wild.

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The West-African crocodile is an expert hunter that will usually eat fish, smaller reptiles,birds and mammals.

Can you help this crocodile get to his dinner?

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true or false wordsearch

maze

West-African Crocodile

Crocodiles go through about 8000 teeth in their lifetime.

Crocodile are slow swimmers and swim at speeds ofaround 5km/ph

The West-African crocodile can be found in ZoorassicWorld at Dublin Zoo.

West-African crocodiles are native to Ireland.

West-African crocodiles usually live for about 45 years inthe wild.

True  False

True  False

True  False

True  False

True  False

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Crocodile are fast swimmers and can swim up to32km/ph.

West-African crocodiles are native to west and centralAfrica where they live in lagoons in coastal regions andwetlands in forest regions.