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The asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Why did crocodiles survive?

Scientists may have solved a 66-million-year-old mystery: how crocodiles survived the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. A sweeping analysis of fossils and ancient climates suggests that their preference for warm environments placed them in tropical refuges that remained habitable even after the catastrophic impact.

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The asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Why did crocodiles survive?
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