do crocodiles shed skin

Newsweek: Cave-Dwelling Crocodiles Could Shed Light on Maya Reverence for the Predators A population of cave-dwelling crocodiles in Belize could shed light on the ancient Maya civilization that once worshiped them, the Crocodile Research Coalition has said. Researchers from the ... Popular Science: Why are crocodiles so bumpy? A dermatological mystery has been solved Smithsonian Magazine: Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Crocodile Skin and Its Irregular, Mystifying Patterns A Nile crocodile. Leigh Bedford via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 We commonly refer to scaly, itchy skin rashes as “crocodile skin.” Scientists, however, have just proven that real crocodile ...

Now, in a new study, Milinkovitch and his team reported that the polygonal head scales form due to the growth and compression of skin, which creates a self-organizing pattern of folds. 2 These ...