The powerful tail of the slender-snouted crocodile gives it forward propulsion in the water, allowing it to move in a graceful, serpentine motion.
While swimming, slender-snouted crocodiles move in a very graceful, serpentine motion through the water. Power for forward propulsion is provided by the tail, with the limbs providing very little, if any, aid in swimming.
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• Sources | (Grigg & Gans, 1993; Kelly, 2006; Lavinder & Pennington 2012; Waitkuwait, 1989)
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