Foreword:
Earth is a planet full of legends and mysteries.
It has carried countless ancient civilizations and creatures, and also gave birth to countless imaginative stories and legends.
And in this vast paradise, there is undoubtedly a creature that has been destined to be tied to the earth since the day of its birth, and they are dinosaurs.
Arguably, dinosaurs are the most legendary animals on earth, their size and strength have brought people infinite reverie, and it is also because of their existence that countless stories and legends about prehistoric times have been born.
Because of this, people are always full of curiosity and yearning for dinosaurs.
As we all know, dinosaurs are the "overlords" of the earth, in fact, there have been other animals on the earth that feed on them, the most typical of which is crocodiles.
Today, let's uncover this prehistoric miracle together.
1. About dinosaurs.
It took countless years for the Earth to give birth to the land it is today, and the creatures on it are 4.6 billion years old.
However, due to various factors, there are always many life on the earth that are destined to disappear, and so far, more than ninety percent of life on the earth has disappeared.
And among those lives that have disappeared, there is nothing more regrettable than dinosaurs.
Once roaming freely across the globe, frolicking in the grasslands, and foraging in the forests in search of mates, these gigantic creatures have become some of the most spectacular sights on the planet.
However, with the fall of darkness, 650 million years ago, they were the largest creatures on Earth, but they disappeared forever in the Fifth Mass Extinction, and people can only learn about their lives through fossils and records.
Although today's human beings have become "hegemons" on the earth, but a long time ago, human beings did not even exist, so who was the "hegemon" on the earth in that era?
People didn't know until one day in a remote valley found some huge bone fossils, these bones are very ancient, have turned into stone, but their shape can let people intuitively understand their body shape and appearance, after careful comparison, people found that these bones and a certain lizard bone shape is very similar, so people speculate that these bones are likely to be some unknown lizard fossils.
Subsequently, we have found fossils of this animal in various places, through a lot of research, people gradually have a preliminary understanding of this ancient creature, their body size, there are long necks, there are short necks, and some are very similar to the feet of birds, but they have completely different vertebrae from birds, and some long tails, the most amazing thing is that these creatures lived 650 million years ago, much older than any ancient creatures.
After in-depth research, it was finally known that these creatures belonged to an animal called dinosaurs, which were the first vertebrates on earth to live completely on land, and they were also one of the oldest vertebrates on earth.
In addition, people were also surprised to find that in fact, there have always been many misunderstandings about dinosaurs, such as in the past, people always thought that dinosaurs should be smooth, but after research, it was found that in fact, their ** is very similar to some existing birds, covering a lot of feathers.
After a long period of evolution, human beings finally appeared on the earth more than six million years ago and began to establish their own civilization, but at that time there were no dinosaurs on the earth, so in their time, were there only dinosaurs on the earth?
Second, there are still animals that feed on dinosaurs.
Everyone is certainly familiar with the word dinosaurs, and many people will even think that they are the "overlords" of the earth.
In fact, people regard dinosaurs as the supreme "kings" of the earth, they are invincible in their own time, but at their most prosperous time, there are even some creatures who choose to take risks and feed on them.
When people have found many dinosaur fossils in various places, the study of them has become more and more in-depth, especially on many fossils have found some fossils related to dinosaurs, but they are not the same as dinosaurs, after the unremitting efforts of scientists, finally found some clues in them.
People have found many similarities with dinosaurs from these fossils, especially their bones and appearance have a high degree of similarity, but they are not the same as dinosaurs, and after in-depth research, people finally know that these fossils are actually some crocodile fossils that have existed in ancient times.
As a very ancient creature, crocodiles have a much older history than dinosaurs, and even though they were creatures in the age of dinosaurs, what kind of story would there be between crocodiles and dinosaurs at that time?
In fact, a long time ago, people came to an astonishing conclusion through some evidence, in the age of dinosaurs, crocodiles used to feed on dinosaurs.
Later, people found some traces in many fossils of dinosaurs and crocodiles, and after in-depth research, people learned that dinosaurs and emperor crocodiles, two ancient crocodiles, fed on dinosaurs a long time ago, and they were even animals that still existed when dinosaurs were at their most prosperous.
These two ancient crocodiles are very large, the smallest of them can reach ten meters in length, and at their peak, the length can even reach thirteen meters, and their weight is also very amazing, the largest can even reach about seven tons of weight.
They became the predators of dinosaurs mainly because of their exaggerated size and strong bite force, all of which were the result of the adaptation and evolution of these creatures over a long period of time.
Actually, crocodiles in ancient times and crocodiles nowadays are two different species, and their bodies have also undergone a lot of changes due to their different living environments.
At that time, crocodiles often hid in the water, observing the dinosaurs that came to drink with their tiny eyes.
When the dinosaurs enter the water, they will immediately attack, dragging the dinosaur into the water with their powerful hind limbs and huge tails, and then use their terrifying bite force to crush the dinosaur's body, and finally they will hide the dinosaur's corpse and eat it slowly.
In addition to preying on dinosaurs directly, these crocodiles also attacked dinosaurs when they came to lay eggs.
Dinosaurs generally chose to lay their eggs in a safe place, but it just so happens that the territory of the dinosaur is the same as the dinosaur's spawning ground, so these eggs can easily become their food.
After many years of attacks, those dinosaurs that are like the overlords of the earth have gradually become rare, and there are even many species of dinosaurs that have become extinct directly because there is no breeding environment.
And it was under the leadership of that generation of dinosaurs that the crocodile established its own hegemony, and eventually became the "overlord" of the contemporary generation.
In fact, fossils of dinosaurs and crocodiles have been found on the earth since ancient times, but until now, scientists are still not completely sure what these two animals looked like back then, and they do not know how they lived and reproduced.
One thing is certain, however, that these two animals have been intimately connected to the earth since their inception, like an inseparable painting.
Third, the other identity of the crocodile.
Speaking of crocodiles, everyone thinks that it is a very ferocious predator, able to devour many large animals, in fact, this is also its nature, but have you ever thought about it, in addition, it has other identities?
Once upon a time, it was actually an ordinary aquatic animal, just like hippos and ducks.
Although they are not large, their sense of smell and vision are very keen, and in those days, they were herbivores that ate grass, but because they were limited by the environment, their bodies did not change for a long time.
Until they find out in the process of grazing, some of the stronger carnivorous dinosaurs are also competing with them for food, although carnivorous dinosaurs usually do not eat this small herbivore, but when they are hungry, they will do whatever it takes.
Therefore, in order to survive, they have to become very fierce, in addition to being more agile in the water, and they often fight their own kind, which has given them the strong size and bite force they have today.
After a period of evolution, they eventually managed to get rid of the threat of carnivorous dinosaurs, and then successfully became the number one prey of carnivorous dinosaurs, except for the breeding season when they had to leave their territory, the rest of the time they lived in the shadow of dinosaurs.
Then, after many years of breeding, finally in their generation, a short crocodile appeared, although their body size is the same as that of ordinary crocodiles, but their colors are very different, they usually live in deep water, and the body is very agile.
So when the carnivorous dinosaurs found them, their carcasses were safely hidden in the sewers, and they would slowly gnaw underwater.
After a long time, these ancient dinosaurs are still extinct after all, but because they often live in water, on the day the fossils were found, they were not actually the same species as those ancient crocodiles, but because they lived in the same environment, so there were many similarities in appearance.
The author believes that no one knows what kind of miracle will appear on this earth, but it is certain that the only passer-by on the earth - dinosaurs is still the biggest miracle.
Today's earth does not exist without them, and is still surrounded by countless miracles, which shows that the creatures on the earth had a great origin.
Since it is a group of miracles, there must be many eye-opening things, such as the story between them and the crocodile.
When the dinosaurs were the overlords of the earth, the crocodiles fed on them, which was an earth-shattering wonder, and these two creatures have been like this since their birth, which means that this fateful confrontation has long been predestined.
In fact, there have been wonders and legends on the earth for a long time, but for various reasons, they have not been handed down, or have been discovered by humans, but they are incomprehensible, so they are gone.
Now, we are able to uncover the story between crocodiles and dinosaurs, which means that we have something new to study, which will not only allow us to learn more about the earth, but also lay some foundation for us to explore the future.