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Crocodile Hearts

  • October 10, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Most reptiles have three-chambered hearts, but alligators, crocodiles, and caimans have four-chambered ones, like mammals and birds. Thanks to their more efficient hearts, they can grow much larger than other lizards.

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