The final paragraph is quite great: >Still, it’s possible that some of the crocodiles were acting out of parental concern, rather than blood lust, Grimault and

The final paragraph is quite great: >Still, it’s possible that some of the crocodiles were acting out of parental concern, rather than blood lust, Grimault and colleagues say. Nile crocodile mothers respond to distress calls from their own young, and their attempts to bite the loudspeaker might not be as bad as they look—mother crocodiles are known to gingerly pick up their own babies in their jaws. However, “I have no reason to believe that the crocs want to protect the baby,” Reber says. “My gut feeling from working with crocs over the years is … I don’t think that will be the case.”