The researchers said crocodiles were seen hiding up in trees, scouting the area around them. This position would allow the animals to better stake out potential prey while keeping a wide view for possible predators. Whenever an intruder was discovered within 30 feet of the animal, it would quickly drop down from the tree, and scurry back into the water. Researchers believe this behavior is the reason crocodiles were never before known to be avid…

There are voices calling from the trees.  One of them is hers.

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It’s hot. Our sheets smell of nightsweat. Her skin is damp and tastes of salt. She stretches out, naked, every hair visible in the hyper-real white light.

“Maybe we should go for a walk. In the woods? They’re right outside.”

She sits up and looks at the trees. “No,” she says. “Never in the woods.”

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