{"id":269218,"date":"2026-02-05T16:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269218\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:05:06","slug":"saltwater-crocodiles-crossed-the-indian-ocean-to-reach-the-seychelles-before-humans-arrived-and-wiped-them-out-live-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/269218\/","title":{"rendered":"Saltwater crocodiles crossed the Indian Ocean to reach the Seychelles \u2014 before humans arrived and wiped them out &#8211; Live Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_AFBVV95cUxQem5tVW95bTliZk5tYXlEdmxCWjlfbDhqME82UWlXTkpheTdNR0pZeGpDUFUxUXg3aE5xREh2dnVTUkhrb3gxNGVVWE5Dbmt6d1VqMVVaQTk5V1R1eEl0c1YyR3U0bndlTC1KMFdVQlhES1BXSk9NUUE5dTBsa2dCVE84dkF6MGFOYjJqNEdjdXY4cGxXUU81TWlydHdMMEd6TXM3cnZORUNtN2FiYTN5YldrMTBDMUVPV1pIWTNuWHJKWDFZUUVfVFRYNWdndE1aVGE5YkEyQjVfRW4xbzlyYUJsYXpTUHA0UGZuV1U4Y2tJUE5leFJ3SGJYNVo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saltwater crocodiles crossed the Indian Ocean to reach the Seychelles \u2014 before humans arrived and wiped them out<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Live Science<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxNaWRCa1N0SlduUVN4WFNQeUFWdGQzUmtiOEVDbHJfdjM0RlVkSkhqaGdNR2V3d2NmTE9yUm9rcDhNTEoxTUlFbjZ3UVZGcmplMGdRQWY4WEJRTnVjTWlTZGJCVC1nNzZJdlpPNWtzV21vNDdiY2szNFpEa0NaM1NhS1piOUs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saltwater crocodiles traveled thousands of miles across the Indian Ocean, genetic study suggests<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Phys.org<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQU3ptdWhlQUlVMW5td1MyR0JFMGU5dnRRcVVvTDlGSVJYOEpmT0lUU051UnZVc1V5TXk5bE5KQURyNEpKbHhPMWxHa3dTeERhWk0wTE81YzlDNnhzR1U1Vi1zN1BIT1FYLVpYaGh0bUdESHZNSlhoWmZXS0tCZ0l4dnE0OHBtWmV3Zy1WZXVvUEZUX0otSnhQaTZR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saltwater crocodiles once crossed an ocean to reach the Seychelles<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Earth.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saltwater crocodiles crossed the Indian Ocean to reach the Seychelles \u2014 before humans arrived and wiped them out&nbsp;&nbsp;Live&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-269218","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}