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Environment
Abe Maddison

Hot crocs struggling to keep cool as climate warms

Crocodiles are struggling to stay cool as temperatures heat up, researchers have found. (HANDOUT/AUSTRALIA ZOO)

Crocodiles are losing their cool over climate change, and researchers say it's having detrimental effects on the behaviour of the hardy tropical predators.

Research led by the University of Queensland's School of the Environment has found that crocodiles in northern Australia are heating up as the climate warms, and higher body temperatures mean they're forced to spend more time trying to stay cool. 

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