Crocs Riding the Currents

Craig Franklin on BBC Radio

On the 8th of June, the SEB's Animal Section Chair, Craig Franklin was invited to give a brief report on his research live on BBC Radio. Craig and his team have been studying how estuarine crocodiles ride currents in order to travel long distances.

The interview can be heard here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8727000/8727582.stm

A brief television interview can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVjjYNP_RGE

And as Nature News covered the story as well, their (much longer, more detailed) article can be read here:

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100607/full/news.2010.282.html