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Snap nav! Crocodiles use sun, stars and magnetic field to find their way home
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9-28-2007 5:06 AM
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9-28-2007
11:13 AM
bignosemousie
This means all those crocodiles I tossed in the middle of nowhere will find their way home?! D'oh!
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