Crocodiles survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

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Their ancestors lived alongside dinosaurs; being able to go long periods without food may have helped them survive.

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<span class="aj-year">1842</span>The word “dinosaur” means “terrible lizard”.Some dinosaurs swallowed stones to digest food.T. rex lived closer in time to us than to Stegosaurus.