It was heart-breaking to read about all of the things that Enaiatollah and many other children went through. I cannot fathom how dire a situation would be for a mother to sneak her child to another country and then just abandon him there. He harbours no ill feelings toward his mother, just said that was probably for the best. Whiting, S. D.; Whiting, A. U. (2011). "Predation by the Saltwater Crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus) on sea turtle adults, eggs, and hatchlings". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 10 (2): 198–205. doi: 10.2744/CCB-0881.1. S2CID 85816270. Undeniably eye-opening. . . . A small book with a big story to tell. . . . What makes In the Sea There Are Crocodiles so persuasive is the boy’s voice, beautifully captured by Geda.”

Monster croc? Welcome to my nightmare". The Sunday Mail. news.com.au. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Somaweera, R.; Brien, M.; Shine, R. (2013). "The role of predation in shaping crocodilian natural history". Herpetological Monographs. 27 (1): 23–51. doi: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-11-00001. S2CID 86167446.

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Croc kills woman 4 years after her sister's death – TODAY.com". Today.msnbc.msn.com. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 May 2010 . Retrieved 25 July 2013. Crocodilus biporcatus proposed by Georges Cuvier in 1807 were 23 saltwater crocodile specimens from India, Java and Timor. [18] And that's s Fabio questions Enaiatollah on his mixture of similes: "It's funny. Sometimes you say things like 'he was as tall as a goat.' At other times, when you make comparisons, you come up with McDonalds, or baseball." "Why is that funny?" "Because they belong to different cultures, different worlds." Why do you think Enaiatollah does this?

Adult females typically measure from 2.7 to 3.1m (8ft 10in to 10ft 2in) in total length and weigh 76 to 103kg (168 to 227lb). [68] [69] [70] Large mature females reach 3.4m (11ft 2in) and weigh up to 120 to 200kg (260 to 440lb). [71] The largest female on record measured about 4.3m (14ft 1in) in total length. [46] Female are thus similar in size to other species of large crocodiles and average slightly smaller than females of some other species, like the Nile crocodile. [44] The saltwater crocodile has the greatest size sexual dimorphism, by far, of any extant crocodilian, as males average about 4 to 5 times as massive as adult females and can sometimes measure twice her total length. The reason for the male skewered dimorphism in this species is not definitively known but might be correlated with sex-specific territoriality and the need for adult male saltwater crocodiles to monopolise large stretches of habitat. [72] [73] Due to the extreme sexual dimorphism of the species as contrasted with the more modest size dimorphism of other species, the average length of the species is only slightly more than some other extant crocodilians at 3.8–4m (12ft 6in– 13ft 1in). [24] [34] [74] Reported sizes Date Saltwater crocodiles are the largest extant riparian predators in the world. However, they start life fairly small. Newly hatched saltwater crocodiles measure about 28cm (11in) long and weigh an average of 71g (2.5oz). [42] These sizes and ages are almost identical to those at average sexual maturity in Nile crocodiles, despite the fact that average adult male saltwater crocodiles are considerably larger than average adult male Nile crocodiles. [43] [44]The adult saltwater crocodile's broad body contrasts with that of most other lean crocodiles, leading to early unverified assumptions the reptile was an alligator. [37] Overall, do you find Enaiatollah's story uplifting or heartbreaking? Is any of it hard to comprehend? Which sections affected you most? Seymour, R. S.; Gienger, C. M.; Brien, M. L.; Tracy, C. R.; Manolis, C. S.; Webb, G. J. W.; Christian, K. A. (2012). "Scaling of standard metabolic rate in estuarine crocodiles Crocodylus porosus". Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 183 (4): 491–500. doi: 10.1007/s00360-012-0732-1. PMID 23233168. S2CID 3191541.