Crocodylus suchus: Diferenzas entre revisións

 

== Relacións cos humanos ==

[[File:Croc.5.3.10.a gb1.jpg|thumb|left|CT scan of a crocodile mummy with juveniles on its back]]

The people of [[Ancient Egypt]] worshiped [[Sobek]], a crocodile-[[deity|god]] associated with [[fertility]], protection, and the power of the [[pharaoh]].<ref name="Thekeep_Sobek">{{cite web | url = http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/sobek.html | title = Sobek, God of Crocodiles, Power, Protection and Fertility... | accessdate = 2007-03-17 }}</ref> They had an ambivalent relationship with Sobek, as they did (and do) with ''C. suchus''; sometimes they hunted crocodiles and reviled Sobek, and sometimes they saw him as a protector and source of pharaonic power. ''C. suchus'' was known to be more docile than the Nile crocodile and was chosen by the [[Ancient Egyptians]] for spiritual [[rite]]s, including mummification. A recent [[DNA test]] found that all sampled mummified crocodiles from ''Grottes de Thebes'', ''Grottes de Samoun'', and ''Haute Egypt'' belonged to this species.<ref name="hekkala"/>