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== Relacións cos humanos ==
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[[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"/>
[[File:Sobek Oxford.jpg|thumb|Bust of [[Sobek]], the [[ancient Egyptian]] [[crocodile]] god]]
Sobek was depicted as a crocodile, as a [[mummy|mummified]] crocodile, or as a man with the [[head]] of a crocodile. The center of his worship was in the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]] city of [[Arsinoe (Gulf of Suez)|Arsinoe]] in the Faiyum Oasis (now [[Al Fayyum]]), known as "[[Crocodilopolis]]" by the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]]s. Another major temple to Sobek is in [[Kom-Ombo]]; other temples were scattered across the country.
[[Ficheiro:Croc.5.3.10.a gb1.jpg|miniatura|esquerda|Escaneo dunha momia dun crocodilo con xuvenís nas súas costas]]
Historically, ''C. suchus'' inhabited the [[Nile River]] in [[Lower Egypt]] along with the Nile crocodile. [[Herodotus]] wrote that the [[Ancient Egyptian]] [[priest]]s were selective when picking crocodiles. Priests were aware of the difference between the two species, ''C. suchus'' being smaller and more docile, making it easier to catch and tame.<ref name="hekkala"/> Herodotus also indicated that some Egyptians kept crocodiles as pampered pets. In Sobek's temple in Arsinoe, a crocodile was kept in the pool of the temple, where it was fed, covered with jewelry, and worshipped. When the crocodiles died, they were embalmed, mummified, placed in [[sarcophagi]], and then buried in a sacred tomb. Many mummified ''C. suchus'' specimens and even crocodile eggs have been found in Egyptian tombs.
No [[Antigo Exipto]] veneraban a [[Sobek]], un deus crocodilo asociado coa [[fertilidade]], protección, e o poder do [[faraón]].<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> ''C. suchus'' considerábase máis dócil do crocodilo do Nilo e foi elixido polos antigos exipcios para os ritos espirituais, incluíndo a momificación. Unha recente [[proba de ADN]] encontrou que todas as mostras de crocodilos omoficados procedentes dos xacementos de ''Grutas de Tebas'', ''Grutas de Samoun'' e ''Alto Exipto'' pertencían a esta especie.<ref name="hekkala"/>
[[Ficheiro:Sobek Oxford.jpg|miniatura|Busto de [[Sobek]], o deus crocodilo do antigo Exipto]]
Sobek representábase como un crocodilo ou un home con cabeza de crocodilo, e o seu centro de veneración era a cidade de [[Arsinoe]] no oasis de Al Fayum, coñecido polos gregos como "[[Crocodilopolis]]". Outro templo importante dedicado a Sobek é [[Kom-Ombo]].
Historicamente, ''C. suchus'' habitaba no [[río Nilo]] no [[Baixo Exipto]] xunto co crocodilo do Nilo. [[Herodoto]] escribiu que os sacerdotes do antigo exipto eran selectivos cando capturaban crocodilos, xa que sabían que ''C. suchus'' era máis pequeno e máis dócil e doado de capturar e manter e coidar nos templos.<ref name="hekkala"/> Cando morrían os crocodilos dos templos eran momificados e metidos en sarcófagos, dos cales se conservan moitos.
[[Magic (paranormal)|Spells]] were used to appease crocodiles in Ancient Egypt, and even in modern times Nubian fishermen stuff and mount crocodiles over their doorsteps to ward against evil.
No antigo Exipto utilizábanse feitizos para apaciguar os crocodilos, e incluso nos tempos modernos os pescadores nubios colocan figuras de crocodilos na porta de casa para gardarse do mal.
In modern times, Mauritanian traditional peoples who live in close proximity to West African crocodiles revere them and protect them from harm. This is due to their belief that, just as water is essential to crocodiles, so crocodiles are essential to the water, which would permanently disappear if they were not there to inhabit it. The crocodiles live in harmony with the humans, and never attack swimmers.<ref name = "desert"/>
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En tempos modernos, os pobos tradicionais de Mauritania que vivían en estreita proximidade cos crocodilos do deserto reveréncianos e protéxenos. Isto débese á súa crenza de que igual que a auga é esencial para os crocodilos, os crocodilos son esenciais para a auga, que desaparecería completamente se eses animais non vivisen alí. Os crocodilos viven alí en harmonía cos humanos, e nun ca atacan a nadadores.<ref name = "desert"/>
== Conservación ==
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