Ingwenya yaseMelika
El Ingwenya yaseMelika, esaziwa futhi ngenxa yegama laso lesayensi i-Crocodylus acutus noma i-proboscis ingwenya, yisilwane esingatholakala ngaphakathi kwezwekazi laseMelika, ikakhulukazi maqondana nengxenye ehlobene nenyakatho nendawo yezwekazi. Kungale ndlela lapho ungabona khona ingwenya yaseMelika enanini elikhulu labantu esifundazweni saseMelika iFlorida, iGulf of Mexico jikelele kanye noLwandle lweCaribbean; Ngaphandle kwalokhu, ukuba khona kwayo kungathokozelwa naseningizimu yePeru, lapho yaziwa khona njengeTumbes Crocodile, nokuba khona kwayo engxenyeni yeColombia neVenezuela. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ingesinye sezinhlobo zezingwenya ezaziwa kakhulu.
Ngokuphathelene nesithombe somzimba wengwenya yaseMelika sizithola siphambi kwesilwane esikhulu esingafinyelela 6 amamitha ubude, kanti isisindo esizokwethulwa singafinyelela yeqa amakhilogremu angama-500, esikhuluma ngayo ngohlobo olukhulu lwengwenya olutholakala kulo lonke elaseMelika. Iyaziwa futhi ngezikali zayo ezinamathoni alula nokuthi amehlo ayo avaleka eceleni.
Ukudla kwaso kuqukethe noma yiluphi uhlobo lwesilwane esikutholayo sisendleleni, ngokuvamile kuba yiluphi uhlobo lwesilwane esincelisayo esinesibindi sokuphuza amanzi eduze kwalapho sihlala khona.
Njengamanje ingwenya yaseMelika ithathwa njengesilwane esisengozini yokuqothulwa.