The Gambia has many animals. There are three different kinds of crocodiles in the Gambia. One of them is called the Nile Crocodile. In my language of "Mandinka," the crocodile is called "bambo". Muhammed and I went to Katchically Crocodile Pool in Bakau to get a picture of a crocodile for you.
Crocodiles can be very big. A male crocodile can grow to be 14 feet long, and weigh over 2,000 pounds. That's a whole ton! In the wild, they can live to be 100 years old! If you see one not moving and soaking up heat in the sunlight, don't let that fool you. They can run up to 22 miles per hour. A very fast man can run up to 28 mile per hour. If I had a bambo chasing me, I would become a very fast man! On land I might be able to outrun a "bambo". But, in the water, I could not swim faster than one. A crocodile can swim up to 22 miles per hour. Even the fastest human swimmers can only swim about 6 miles per hour (sorry, Michael Phelps). So, if you see "bambos" in or around the water, that's not a good place to swim.
Most of the time, Nile crocodiles eat fish. However, they will attack almost anything that gets close to them, including people, large animals, birds, and even other crocodiles.
These are Nile Crocodile eggs. They are larger, longer, and tougher than a chicken's eggs.
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