On a small, rugged island nation nestled between Indonesia and Australia, high peaks plunge toward coastal mangroves, river deltas and warm glittering shallows — and into the domain of one of nature's most formidable predators. Timor-Leste is crocodile country. Saltwater crocodiles thrive here, lurking in brackish river mouths, gliding through coastal wetlands and basking on muddy banks baked by equatorial sun. They are the largest reptile on the planet and can live for decades.
Original Article: On island nation, ‘ancestral bond’ to crocodiles is tested
