Occasionally crocodiles will offend larger animals, which they quickly and very violently rip to pieces by thrashing about in the water, in their lengthwise direction. Crocodiles HAVE been known to attack humans, and I guarantee you they will if you so much as look at them funny, or just walk by them for that matter. Crocodiles are more aggressive than alligators, and it 'don't take no rocket scientist' to tell that they would not even hesitate on attacking something if they have any appetite at all. It is natural instinct for a crocodile or alligator to attack nearby prey, and since they are very common in swampy areas, it should be a natural if not artificial instinct to us humans, to leave them alone. When crocodiles lay their eggs, they bury them in rubbish, vegetation or bury them in the sand of the beach they are home to.
Females generally guard the nests until the eggs have hatched.
She can hear the grunting of them when the time is right and once this happens she digs them out of the shelter. Once hatched they are carried in the mother's mouth to the water. The American crocodile lives in the very southern end of Florida, in the West Indian islands, and Central America, and are approximately 12 feet long at adult age. However for the most part crocodiles inhabit the Eastern Hemisphere. They belong to the family Crocodylidae.