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Crocodiles and gharials are getting bizarre orange 'tans' in Nepal. Here's why.
(www.livescience.com)
"Turns out some areas of Chitwan have seriously high levels of iron in the water, and iron reacts with oxygen to form an orange substance called iron oxide." - I think I’ll name my next band Rusty Crocodile.
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