These experiments, along with computer simulations that further confirmed the laboratory findings, revealed normal Nile crocodile head-scale patterning is the result of the skin growing faster ...

"Here we show that the patterning of crocodile head scales in fact emerges from compressive mechanical instabilities," the authors write. a) The scales adorning the upper and lower jaws of hatched ...

Testing this theory was a long and arduous journey, since it’s not easy to get access to crocodiles for experiments. It took the team over 10 years to gather a sufficient number of animals. In the new ...

However, crocodile head scales are a bit different from their body scales. While taking a blood sample from a Nile crocodile, Milinkovitch was struck by this unusual pattern of scales on its jaws and ...

To be honest, their ability to make us glad we're not in their neighborhood! Unlike most reptiles, the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is highly social, organized and versatile. They've been ...

However, crocodile head scales are a bit different from their body scales. While taking a blood sample from a Nile crocodile, Milinkovitch was struck by this unusual pattern of scales on its jaws ...