Chimaerasuchus (SciiFii)

The Chinese plant-eating crocodile (Chimaerasuchus sinensis) is a species of crocodyliform that originally lived from the Early Cretaceous Wulong Formation in China as an extinct species, Chimaerasuchus paradoxus, and the genus itself was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced throughout the modern rainforests, wetlands, forests, and open woodlands across China, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Korean Peninsula to help boost biodiversity. The Chinese plant-eating crocodile is not a particularly large animal, growing to be around 1 metre (3.3 feet) long and is not very heavily built. Like some other crocodyliforms and unlike most, the Chinese plant-eating crocodile is a herbivore and primarily feeds on leaves, fruits, flowers, stems, nuts, cycads, ferns, and horsetails. Mating occurs in the spring. Males show dominance and interest by head bobbing, eventually chasing the female until he can catch her and subdue her. Within eight to ten weeks, the female will dig a nest and lay clutches of up to 50 eggs in a burrow of loose soil. These eggs hatch in 80 days with the bright green babies digging their way out of the sand. The banded bright brownish-yellow and dark green hatchlings first appear around June and are abundant in July. The conservation status of the Chinese plant-eating crocodile is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the Chinese plant-eating crocodile's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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