Nile crocodile stability and additional weight to sink in water, this bearing great probability over the theories that they assist in digestion and staving off hunger. However, Alderton (1998) stated that a study using radiology found that gastroliths were seen to internally aid the grinding of food during digestion for a small Nile crocodile. Herodotus claimed that Nile crocodiles have a symbiotic relationship with certain birds, such as the Egyptian plover ("Pluvianus aegyptius"), which enter the crocodile's mouth and pick leeches feeding on the crocodile's blood, but no evidence of this interaction actually occurring in any crocodile species has been found, and
American golden plover tundra, fields, beaches and tidal flats, usually by sight. They eat insects and crustaceans. Large numbers were shot in the late 19th century and the population has never fully recovered. American golden plover The American golden plover ("Pluvialis dominica") is a medium-sized plover. The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from "pluvia", "rain". It was believed that golden plovers flocked when rain was imminent. The species name "dominica" refers to Santo Domingo, now Hispaniola, in the West Indies. The breeding adult American golden plover has a black face, neck, breast, and belly, with a white crown and