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[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 10 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Salt water Crocs are not tiny. Some alligators are on the smallish side comparatively, but there are big gators out there too.

[–] grrgyle 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah I've never seen one in real life, so I feel like like I'm not grokking the sense of scale.

Kind of like seeing a horse or moose for the first time (guess my hemisphere lol).

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Here's a rough size comparison

[–] grrgyle 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah I'm still not getting it. Maybe I'll see one for real one day and then it'll click

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