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minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoAlligator: U-shaped snout. Crocodile: V-shaped snout. I’m glad the Romans never had to deal with the difference though, since alligators are only found in the Americas. Otherwise this explanation would still fly over their heads. (“V? U? SIMILE SVNT, FVNGE PVTRIDE!”)
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago alligators are only found in the Americas. And China. Specifically the lower Yangtze River basin.
Alligator: U-shaped snout.
Crocodile: V-shaped snout.
I’m glad the Romans never had to deal with the difference though, since alligators are only found in the Americas. Otherwise this explanation would still fly over their heads. (“V? U? SIMILE SVNT, FVNGE PVTRIDE!”)
And China. Specifically the lower Yangtze River basin.
Fixed - thanks!