Nile Crocodile

Organism's habitat

• Nile crocodiles live in all types of environments
• Swamps, rivers, lakes, mangroves, tropical grassland, and deserts
• As long as they can control their body temperature and can go in water they can live there

Where are they found

• They are only found in Africa.
• They cannot be found in northwest Africa, and South Africa.
• They can be found pretty much everywhere else.

Population size, and density

• In the 1940-60s they were hunted almost to extinction.
• There numbers are very high now.
• It is impossible to find the exact number of nile crocodiles.
• They live in the most remote places that they can't be counted.
• They are also very dangerous so people can't tag them or monitor them.

Biotic and abiotic

• BIotic:
• They have to have a large amount of fish and large land animals to eat.
• Abiotic:
• They need to have be able to go up onto high ground near the water to lay their eggs.
• They also need to be able to go out into open area to absorb sunlight to control their body temp.

Work sited

• Widescreen Arkive. com
• National Geographic. com
• BBC Nature Wildlife