So a bit of useless information I actually found quite interesting is how this little crocodile got it's start. 

French tennis champion Rene Lacoste created the world's first polo shirt. (I always thought it was Ralph Lauren...interesting). And that famous crocodile? Lacoste won a crocodile-skin suitcase in a bet over an important match-and that reptile became his signature. (information found via Neiman-Marcus)