General Knowledge - CROCODILES DO NOT DIE OF OLD AGE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT AGE BIOLOGICALLY. INSTEAD, THEY DIE OF EITHER STARVATION OR DISEASE. #gk #upsc #ssc #facts #knowledge #ias #india #ssccgl #
![Researchers say the American alligator is 6 MILLION years older than previously thought | Daily Mail Online Researchers say the American alligator is 6 MILLION years older than previously thought | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/09/20/21/389ED66300000578-0-image-a-63_1474402926342.jpg)
Researchers say the American alligator is 6 MILLION years older than previously thought | Daily Mail Online
![Scientist claims crocodiles 'don't die of old age' as 'starvation and disease' main cause - Daily Star Scientist claims crocodiles 'don't die of old age' as 'starvation and disease' main cause - Daily Star](https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article27841420.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/1_High-Angle-View-Of-Crocodile-Swimming-In-Lake.jpg)
Scientist claims crocodiles 'don't die of old age' as 'starvation and disease' main cause - Daily Star
![FUN FACT: Crocodiles are biologically immortal. Instead of aging crocodiles get physically bigger. Because they keep growing in size over their lifetime they require a lot more food. They will die from FUN FACT: Crocodiles are biologically immortal. Instead of aging crocodiles get physically bigger. Because they keep growing in size over their lifetime they require a lot more food. They will die from](https://i.redd.it/sfika238yk461.jpg)
FUN FACT: Crocodiles are biologically immortal. Instead of aging crocodiles get physically bigger. Because they keep growing in size over their lifetime they require a lot more food. They will die from
![Environmental Drivers of Body Size Evolution in Crocodile-Line Archosaurs | Research Communities by Springer Nature Environmental Drivers of Body Size Evolution in Crocodile-Line Archosaurs | Research Communities by Springer Nature](https://images.zapnito.com/cdn-cgi/image/metadata=copyright,fit=scale-down,format=auto,quality=95/https://images.zapnito.com/users/454321/posters/1610125836-54-6803/d343da92-6dbc-4503-a4de-c7a40a8072f3_large.jpeg)
Environmental Drivers of Body Size Evolution in Crocodile-Line Archosaurs | Research Communities by Springer Nature
![120-year-old Cassius is pushing limit of crocodile longevity — and he's got 'years to come,' expert says | Live Science 120-year-old Cassius is pushing limit of crocodile longevity — and he's got 'years to come,' expert says | Live Science](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PNJpWxTBCxt35ENTJXJSiB.jpg)
120-year-old Cassius is pushing limit of crocodile longevity — and he's got 'years to come,' expert says | Live Science
![New Study Establishes American Alligator As Among World's Oldest Species | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida New Study Establishes American Alligator As Among World's Oldest Species | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3ab40d0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1024x576+0+96/resize/1200x675!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwgcu%2Ffiles%2F201504%2Famerican_alligators.jpg)
New Study Establishes American Alligator As Among World's Oldest Species | WGCU PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida
![When alligators and crocodiles reach old age, they slowly lose all of their teeth. But they can still easily shatter bones and dismember prey with bite force alone. : r/Damnthatsinteresting When alligators and crocodiles reach old age, they slowly lose all of their teeth. But they can still easily shatter bones and dismember prey with bite force alone. : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://preview.redd.it/xh92yiuc38h71.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=01effb6b4b1d183ceea8e38ff2fdea3a39bc14b5)
When alligators and crocodiles reach old age, they slowly lose all of their teeth. But they can still easily shatter bones and dismember prey with bite force alone. : r/Damnthatsinteresting
![Scientist claims crocodiles 'don't die of old age' as 'starvation and disease' main cause - Daily Star Scientist claims crocodiles 'don't die of old age' as 'starvation and disease' main cause - Daily Star](https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/incoming/article27841422.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/1_Nile-Crocodile-Attack.jpg)