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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

The strange world of crocodile hairballs and the Queenslanders who collect them

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The strange world of crocodile hairballs and the Queenslanders who collect them

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

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Anyone with a pet cat will have borne witness to the nauseating process of hairball expulsion, but it is also necessary for crocodiles.

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What a wonderfly gross read! I didnt know Crocs did that. I wonder if other crocodilians need to cough em up aswell?
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  This older paper suggests so. It mentions hairballs further down the page.

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