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The expression comes from an ancient anecdote that crocodiles weep for the victims they are eating. A collection of proverbs attributed to Plutarch suggests that the phrase "crocodile tears" was well known in antiquity: comparing the crocodile's behaviour to people who desire or cause the death of someone, but then publicly lament for them. [1]
Tears is the debut album by New Zealand pop band the Crocodiles. Both the album and title track were released in April 1980, and both reached No. 17 on the New Zealand album and singles charts respectively that year. The band's second single, "Whatcha Gonna Do", wasn't as successful, failing to chart.
Crocodiles (family Crocodylidae) or true crocodiles are large, semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.The term “crocodile” is sometimes used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia, which includes the alligators and caimans (both members of the family Alligatoridae), the gharial and false gharial (both ...
Some of us used the expression ‘crocodile tears.'” “A lot of the jury felt what [Depp] was saying, at the end of the day, was more believable,” the juror added.
Scientists believe rare rescue is a sign that the fearsome reptiles may be capable of compassion
Jenny Morris was born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, and grew up in Hamilton with three brothers (Alistair, Rhys and Tam) and four sisters (Maxine, Bronte, Joanne and Shanley). [a] Morris wrote a poem on the Vietnam War when she was 12 and used her sister's guitar to put it to music. [11]
A Texas Republican is accusing Selena Gomez of crying “crocodile tears” in a since-deleted video of the star sobbing that was posted amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
This explains why individuals at 6 m (20 ft) weigh more than twice as much as individuals at 5 m (16 ft). [30] In crocodiles, linear growth eventually decreases and they start getting bulkier at a certain point. [34] Saltwater crocodiles are the largest extant riparian predators in the world. However, they start life fairly small.