Paleontologists have confirmed their suspicions that Australia once had crocodiles that roamed forests and probably climbed trees, to jump on potential prey. Although evidence for this conclusion has come from several sources, the final piece of the puzzle was provided by an apparently unlikely source: eggshells. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Australians are fond of scaring tourists with tales of drop bears, mythical carnivorous koala relatives that plummet from trees to bite the throats of unwary passers-by. So unusual are real Australian animals that some people see no reason to doubt it, and it turns out something much more unexpected probably once adopted a similar hunting approach: crocodiles.

Professor Mike Arc

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