Crocodile: sighted!

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 On our shortcut path through the woods, we pass a river.  The water is very clear lately, and we saw a crocodile!

Hard to see in this photo, so let's get closer . . . 


. . . and closer.  Can you see it to the right of the 
patch of reflected light?  

Let's get closer.  The head is in a patch of leaves on the river.

Crocodile!!!

In Spanish, the name moves the 'r' toward
the tail of the word:  cocodrilo.
It's probably safer for the 'r' toward that end of the animal.

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