What's it like to capture an 18-foot Nile crocodile for research purposes? To touch its skin, smell its breath, hear its growl? How do you weigh a half-ton croc? Are you willing to do what it ...
The specimens found at Qubbet el Hawa belong to two species: the Nile crocodile and the West African crocodile. When alive, the mummified crocodiles ranged in size from around six feet to 11.5 feet.