MEDICINE & HEALTHCrocodile blood components synthesized to reveal antibiotic and HIV suppression. Research into the antibiotic and other medicinal properties of crocodiles is not new but given the development of drug-tolerant bacteria and viruses and the waning effectiveness, the research seems to be getting some traction.
Scientists have found out that an ancestor of a crocodile does not lay eggs. It is the first evidence that was found that debunks the fact the crocodiles all along were egg laying reptiles and not live birth animals.
Scientists have unearthed fossils in North Carolina of a large land-dwelling crocodile that lived about 231 million years ago, walked on its hind legs and was the top land predator before dinosaurs even appeared.