Round 7: Tossup 6

One of these animals called the Petsuchos was held as the living symbol of a god worshipped at the cult center of Kom Ombo. A god with the head of this animal used a fish-trap to recover Horus’s hands. A being with this animal’s head was also part hippopotamus and part lion and resides by a lake of fire. A being with this animal’s head supposedly ate the (*) hearts (10[1])of those who failed the weighing of the heart (-5[1])and was named Ammit. (-5[1])Along with Khnum and Hapi, a god with this animal’s head was one of the primary Egyptian river gods. Egyptians depicted Sobek with the head of this animal. (10[1])For 10 points, name this reptile associated with the Nile. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: crocodiles
<Mythology, Rohan Kher> | VAULT II Packet 07
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%67%33%71.17
Triangle Cup2026-03-133100%33%33%71.67
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%33%33%73.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13475%0%25%76.33
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-135100%40%40%77.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%0%33%88.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%50%25%74.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-303100%0%67%99.00
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%80%0%55.20
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%63%13%59.63