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Crocodile optimization algorithm for solving real-world optimization problems [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Nature-inspired bionic algorithms have become one of the most fascinating techniques in computational intelligence research, and have shown great potential in real-world challenging problems for their simplicity and flexibility.
Fu Yan, Jin Zhang, Jianqiang Yang
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Temporal integration and decision-making in crocodiles [PDF]

Biology Open
Naïs Caron Delbosc, Julie Thévenet, Nathalie Grosjean, Loïc Méès, Nicolas Boyer, Mélanie Schneider, Nicolas Grimault, Nicolas Mathevon   +7 more
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Should the Identification Guidelines for Siamese Crocodiles Be Revised? Differing Post-Occipital Scute Scale Numbers Show Phenotypic Variation Does Not Result from Hybridization with Saltwater Crocodiles

Biology, 2023
Populations of Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) have severely declined because of hunting and habitat fragmentation, necessitating a reintroduction plan involving commercial captive-bred populations.
Nattakan Ariyaraphong, Wongsathit Wongloet, Pish Wattanadilokchatkun, Thitipong Panthum, Worapong Singchat, Thanyapat Thong, Artem Lisachov, Syed Farhan Ahmad, Narongrit Muangmai, Kyudong Han, Prateep Duengkae, Yosapong Temsiripong, Kornsorn Srikulnath   +12 more
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Pancuronium Bromide for Chemical Immobilization of Adult Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus): A Field Study

Animals, 2023
(1) Background: Pancuronium bromide is a neuromuscular blocker used for immobilizing crocodiles that can be reversed with neostigmine. A recommended drug dose has only been established for saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus), mostly based on trials
Lionel Schilliger, Chawki Najjar, Clément Paillusseau, Camille François, Frédéric Gandar, Hela Boughdiri, Marc Gansuana   +6 more
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Widespread Use of Migratory Megafauna for Aquatic Wild Meat in the Tropics and Subtropics

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Wild animals are captured or taken opportunistically, and the meat, body parts, and/or eggs are consumed for local subsistence or used for traditional purposes to some extent across most of the world, particularly in the tropics and subtropics.
Daniel J. Ingram, Daniel J. Ingram, Margi Prideaux, Nicola K. Hodgins, Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma, Isabel C. Avila, Isabel C. Avila, Tim Collins, Mel Cosentino, Lucy W. Keith-Diagne, Helene Marsh, Matthew H. Shirley, Koen Van Waerebeek, Koen Van Waerebeek, Maximin K. Djondo, Yusuke Fukuda, Kerstin B. J. Glaus, Rima W. Jabado, Rima W. Jabado, Jeffrey W. Lang, Sigrid Lüber, Charlie Manolis, Grahame J. W. Webb, Lindsay Porter, Lindsay Porter   +24 more
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Macro-habitat preferences by the African manatee and crocodiles – ecological and conservation implications [PDF]

Web Ecology, 2012
African manatees (<i>Trichechus senegalensis</i>) and crocodiles are threatened species in parts of their range. In West Africa, crocodiles may constitute the main predators for manatees apart from humans.
L. Luiselli, G. C. Akani, N. Ebere, F. M. Angelici, G. Amori, E. Politano   +5 more
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Coinfection of Chlamydia spp. and herpesvirus in juvenile farmed Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) in Thailand [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2021
Background and Aim: For a decade, chlamydial and herpesvirus infections have caused significant morbidity and mortality in farmed crocodiles. In September 2017, a total of 160 juvenile freshwater Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) with ...
Weena Paungpin, Metawee Thongdee, Somjit Chaiwattanarungruengpaisan, Ladawan Sariya, Wanna Sirimanapong, Tanit Kasantikul, Rassameepen Phonarknguen, Poonnut Darakamas, Nlin Arya   +8 more
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Molecular detection of Chlamydia spp. and risk factors in farmed siamese crocodile in the mid-northeastern provincial cluster of Thailand

Veterinary Integrative Sciences, 2021
This study surveyed the prevalence of chlamydial infection among farms in the mid-northeastern provincial cluster of Thailand by PCR and phylogenetic analyses of the sequences.
Rawikan Inchuai, Peerapol Sukon, Sompoth Weerakhun   +2 more
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Unique Population or Unique Species? Genetic Insights Into the Pygmy Freshwater Crocodiles of Northern Australia

Ecology and Evolution
Isolated populations of Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) in few elevated, rocky escarpment areas of the Northern Territory of Australia reach sexual maturity earlier and generally have an adult size half that of their downstream ...
Katherine Brittain, Torre Muhlbach, Rui Cao, Jose Luis Mijangos, Dean Yibarbuk, Erin O'Brien, Ruchira Somaweera, Nancy N. FitzSimmons, Jaime Gongora   +8 more
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Crocodile tail traces and dinosaur footprints. Bathonian?- Callovian. Imilchil. High Central Atlas. Morocco

Geogaceta, 2021
Three types of ichnites from a new site discovered in Imilchil were studied and described. The structures of pes and manus prints and tail traces of tetrapods provide data to separate: real ichnites (theropod footprints and crocodile tail drag marks ...
Moussa Masrour, Mohamed Boutakiout, Jesús Herrero Gascón, Ricardo Ochoa Martínez, José Luis Sáinz Ruiz de Zuazu, Félix Pérez-Lorente   +5 more
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