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[โ€“] MeaanBeaan@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're very right. How I remember it is that their names are sorta backwards. Alligators have snouts shaped like a C and crocodiles have snouts shaped like an A.

[โ€“] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Crocodiles also have way more teeth visible when their mouths are closed, and they are a lot larger.