When explorer Dr. John Francis Gemelli Careri first encountered a crocodile in the Philippines in the late 1600s, he observed a fearsome reptile that apparently had no way of pooping.

Being the Third Part of the Travels of M. de Thevenot into the Levant and the Third Part of a Voyage round the World by Dr. John Francis Gemelli Careri. Edited by Surendranath Sen. (Indian Records ...