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CHAPTER 1 THAT’S MONSTROUS!

You know the old song, “Never smile at a crocodile…”Well, here’s one you wouldn’t want to get friendly with! The Australian estuarine

crocodile is the largest living reptile on Earth. The average adult male is 16 feet (5 meters) long and weighs a whopping 1,012 pounds (450 kilograms) — and it wouldn’t mind snapping you up for dinner!

Want a hug?

What’s worse than a hug from an aunt at a family reunion? A hug from a python! The scrub python can grow to over 16 feet (5 meters), and the olive python can weigh up to 88 pounds (40 kilograms). These massive snakes aren’t venomous — they don’t need to be! They’re so enormous they constrict and strangle their prey.

EEK!

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