440 BC) described the crocodile in detail, though much of his description is fanciful; he claimed that it would lie with its mouth open to permit a "trochilus" bird (possibly an Egyptian plover) to enter and remove any leeches it found.
440 a.C.) describiu o crocodilo en detalle, aínda que gran parte desa descrición é fantasiosa; afirmaba que deixaba a boca aberta para permitir que unha ave "trochilus" (posiblemente un Pluvianus aegyptius) entrase nela para quitarlle as samesugas que encontrase.