Ingwenya yaseMelika
El Ingwenya yaseMelika, nesaziwa ngegama laso lenzululwazi i-Crocodylus acutus okanye i-proboscis crocodile, sisilwanyana esinokufunyanwa kwilizwekazi laseMelika, ngakumbi ngokunxulumene nenxalenye enxulumene nomntla kunye neziko lelizwekazi. Kungale ndlela ke onokuthi ubone ingwenya yaseMelika kwelona lizwe likhulu eUnited States eFlorida, kwiGulf of Mexico ngokubanzi nakuLwandle lweCaribbean; Ngaphandle koku, ubukho bayo bunokuxatyiswa kummandla osemazantsi ePeru, apho yaziwa ngokuba yiTumbes Crocodile, ikwakhona kwinxalenye yaseColombia naseVenezuela. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba yenye yeentlobo zeengwenya ezaziwayo.
Ngokunxulumene nomfanekiso obonakalayo wengwenya yaseMelika sizifumana siphambi kwesilwanyana esikhulu esinokufikelela Iimitha ezi-6 ubude, ngelixa ubunzima obuzakwenziwa bunokufikelela idlule kwi-500 kilos, Esithetha ngayo ngohlobo lwengwenya olukhulu olunokufumaneka kulo lonke elaseMelika. Iyakwamkelwa ngezikali zayo ezinethoni ekhanyayo kwaye namehlo ayo ayavalwa ngasemva.
Ukutya kwayo kubandakanya naluphi na uhlobo lwesilwanyana esisifumanayo sisendleleni, ngokubanzi siluhlobo lwesilwanyana esanyisayo esirhalela ukusela amanzi kufutshane nalapho sihlala khona.
Okwangoku ingwenya yaseMelika ithathwa njengesilwanyana esisengozini yokuphela.