How did the crocodile survive the death of the dinosaurs?

Answer 1

Crabs scavenge for all sorts of organic debris; perhaps they did very well, eating the corpses of dead dinosaurs. In any event, we can only speculate about the details. It's hard to know precisely what happened 65 million years ago.

Answer 2

I personally think because the croc was in water and it had other food to eat, and was not depending on other dinosaurs for food.

then again no one know why or how it just happened!

Hope this answered your question :D

Answer 3

Ah, but they aren't. It takes more than scaly skin and lots of teeth to make a dinosaur. Crocodilians (crocodiles, alligators, gavials and caymans) are RELATED to dinosaurs, but they aren't dinosaurs. In fact, the creatures most closely related to dinosaurs living today are -- Birds.

Answer 4

Crocodiles are not dinosaurs. They are related, but not actual dinosaurs. It is unclear exactly why dinosaurs went extinct while crocodiles survived, but it may have had to do with their semi-aquatic lifestyle and their slower metabolism, which did not require as much food.

Answer 5

There are a number of hypotheses, but one idea is that aquatic ecosystems appear to have been less heavily impacted by the extinction event than dry land ecosystems were.

Answer 6

Yes, by 65 million years.