Nile crocodile

Key facts

• Nile crocodile lives in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique, and South Africa.
• Group: Reptiles and amphibians.
• It weighs about 500 kg (1,100 lb).
• A typical adult is about 4.5 m (14.8 ft) long.
• It lives about 50 years.
• Diet: carnivore.
• Habitat: freshwater.
• A Nile crocodile mother gently carries her newly hatched babies to the water in her mouth.