Assertion: crocodile | /r/CapableOf | lie in the water
Facets:
value: low
type: OTHER
value: for up to five hours
type: TEMPORAL
value: quickly
type: MANNER
value: at a time
type: TEMPORAL
value: for most of the day
type: TEMPORAL
value: from a bank
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The eyes, ears and nostrils are located on top of the head, allowing the crocodile to lie low in the water, almost totally submerged and hidden from prey.
text: As in all crocodilians, the eyes, ears and nostrils are located on top of the head, allowing the crocodile to remain almost totally submerged when lying in water, helping to conceal it from potential prey, while a special valve at the back of the throat allows the mouth to be opened underwater without water entering the throat.
text: Hence the crocodile lives in water.
text: They can also withstand water containing high salt contents.
text: Crocodiles live mainly in the water.
text: The fact that crocodiles move much faster in the water than on land is why they often hunt there.
text: These crocodiles love to bask under the sun or loiter in the water for most of the day.
text: When moving quickly into the water from a bank, crocodiles slide on their bellies and push themselves forward with the feet.
text: They also have external flaps that close off their ears and nostrils, and a special respiratory system that allows them to remain in the water for up to five hours at a time.
text: When a crocodile sees a prey on the riverbank it sneaks up to it and stays under the water, waiting for the right moment with only eyes and nostrils above the water surface, until it jumps out and pulls the prey under the water.
text: It is virtually silent as it moves through the water.
text: Their nostril, eye, and ear openings are the highest parts of the head allowing the crocodile to lie low in the water, almost totally submerged and hidden from prey.
text: The eyes, ears and nostrils are located on top of the head, allowing the crocodile to lie low in the water, almost totally submerged and hidden from prey.