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For more than 250 years, stories from early explorers described crocodiles as a common sight along the shores of the Seychelles. But after permanent settlers arrived in 1770, the island population disappeared rapidly. Within about 50 years, the crocodiles had been completely exterminated.
Now, scientists have finally uncovered the true identity of these vanished reptiles through a new genetic analysis. The study found that the Seychelles crocodiles were not a ...
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