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Guymullins 01-24-2012 03:06
Alligator and crocodile
 
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Many of my American friends ask what the difference is between an alligator and crocodile. Firstly, alligators have rounded snouts compared to crocs and secondly crocs are a little bigger. This croc was shot in Zambia where they can be a bit of a pest, taking tribeswomen who do the washing in the local rivers.

PSM 01-24-2012 09:39
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Originally Posted by Guymullins (Post 432219)
Many of my American friends ask what the difference is between an alligator and crocodile.
Which one is a mammal? ;)

Pat

Susa 01-24-2012 10:14
That is one prehistoric looking beast!

SF_BHT 01-24-2012 11:17
Hay it cut down on divorce. Just send the wife down to wash clothes and in the evening find a new girlfriend. :p

Big ass croc.........

greenberetTFS 01-24-2012 11:24
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Originally Posted by SF_BHT (Post 432249)
Hay it cut down on divorce. Just send the wife down to wash clothes and in the evening find a new girlfriend. :p

Big ass croc.........
;) :D

Big Teddy :munchin

Guymullins 01-24-2012 12:12
Which is a mammal?
 
It was a toss up as to put it in the Fin or Fur section. Funnily enough, the tribesmen seldom make an effort to kill a killer croc because they believe witchcraft killed their wives and that sorcerers change themselves from people into crocs to kill people, so it is useless finding a croc and killing it.

Badger52 01-24-2012 13:40
Thanks for the pic. I've seen some pretty large crocs watching various safari videos (Zambia & Botswana are on the "bucket list"), but that is a serious old boy they got out of there. Did that one come out of the Luangwa?

Guymullins 01-24-2012 14:25
Croc from Zambia
 
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Originally Posted by Badger52 (Post 432266)
Thanks for the pic. I've seen some pretty large crocs watching various safari videos (Zambia & Botswana are on the "bucket list"), but that is a serious old boy they got out of there. Did that one come out of the Luangwa?
I believe it did come from the Luangua River, a place that produces good buffalo too.

greenberetTFS 01-24-2012 16:58
Latest news on this picture.............
 
Sorry guys,got some bad news here,I just got back my PM from the man himself (:cool:)"Old Crocodile Dundee" and he said the picture I sent him was Photoshopped.........:eek: Sorry...........:rolleyes:

Big Teddy :munchin

Guymullins 01-25-2012 09:30
What does an Aussie know about crocs?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by greenberetTFS (Post 432285)
Sorry guys,got some bad news here,I just got back my PM from the man himself (:cool:)"Old Crocodile Dundee" and he said the picture I sent him was Photoshopped.........:eek: Sorry...........:rolleyes:

Big Teddy :munchin
Australian crocs would be called house lizards here in Africa.

Pete 01-25-2012 10:01
It is a big croc....but....
 
It is a big croc....but.....once again scale.

As with Hogzilla and other pictures of giant animals anytime the people are set behind the animal - and it is in the foreground - it looks somewhat larger than it really is.

Even having the first row of people only sitting 5 feet behind the beast would give it the appearance of being much larger.

In this case a better picture would have had one of the locals laying down along it's back - or set the log on the back teeth and have a child sitting in the mouth.

Guymullins 01-25-2012 11:13
Thats true Pete
 
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Originally Posted by Pete (Post 432420)
It is a big croc....but.....once again scale.

As with Hogzilla and other pictures of giant animals anytime the people are set behind the animal - and it is in the foreground - it looks somewhat larger than it really is.

Even having the first row of people only sitting 5 feet behind the beast would give it the appearance of being much larger.

In this case a better picture would have had one of the locals laying down along it's back - or set the log on the back teeth and have a child sitting in the mouth.
Professional Hunters all pull the same tricks with long lenses and depth of field, however, getting tribesmen to sit on the croc, or horror of horror, put a child in its mouth , is going a bridge too far.

DevilSide 01-25-2012 14:22
I'm speechless, I've never seen a reptile like that. In Florida I don't think even the everglades have alligators or crocs that large, maybe only about 12ft. at the largest. Sometimes they crawl into people's pools or try crossing the interstate, sometimes they even creep into the city. Would hate to walk outside and see that thing at an intersection :eek:

How many times did they have to shoot it?

JJ_BPK 01-25-2012 14:47
I think the people in this village haven't heard of photo-shopping,, YET.. :munchin

They just capture their crocs live and keep them as pets... :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQoedlOFwpk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGwFI5pSAEU

http://saltyshores.com/wordpress/201...e-philippines/

tom kelly 01-25-2012 16:32
Croc's vs Alligator's
 
Can they make shoes and handbags out of crocs? TK

Guymullins 01-26-2012 09:40
Shooting crocs and shoes
 
As for shooting crocs. Even the biggest can be taken with a 30-06 in the brain. The difficulty is twofold, in that the brain is the size of an egg and if you dont hit the brain, the croc heads to the water at speed and you will lose it. Some African countries have laws that stipulate that crocs are not to be shot within 10 yds of the water because of this. There is a well documented case of a recent hunt where the "dead" croc had been decapitated by the skinners, but still rose up on its legs and ran toward the river. This illustrates the very rudimentary nervous system of the croc. As regards shoes and handbags, I have a pal who runs a croc farm near my home and the best skins, from a commercial viewpoint are of young crocs. The scales are small and the skin supple and unscarred, so he harvest the crocs when they are about ten feet in length.

Guymullins 04-19-2012 10:35
Another fair sized croc and contents
 
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A recently shot Croc was skinned and its stomach cut open. The contents are typical croc diet.

Barbarian 04-19-2012 14:23
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The contents are typical croc diet.
You mean anything, that gets too close?

Guymullins 04-19-2012 16:17
They get close to you, but other animals are usually a little quicker on their feet than humans. The other animals have the disadvantage though, of having to put their muzzels into the river to drink, and we humans need to just dip a bucket in.
These crocs can launch themselves from the water like a rocket, and run quite quickly across the sand, so even if you avoid the first lunge, you could still become the second lunch if you are not wide awake.

Rattlerjake 05-20-2012 10:53
'Gator vs Croc'
 
Besides the obvious physical characteristics, the other major difference is their disposition. Alligators, even large ones, will rarely tackle large prey or attack humans. They mainly prey on smaller animals and those that are hindered by injury, illness, or old age. Crocodiles, on the other hand, are fierce predators and when driven by hunger will attack anything, to include trucks fording a river and boats, although in Africa they do seem to avoid confrontations with elephants and Hippos (Hippos can kill a crocodile with one bite!)

It is a rarity to hear of Alligator attacks in the US, and even rarer to hear of a fatality. More people are attacked by sharks here then alligators.

Guymullins 05-20-2012 13:12
You must be right Rattler, I have never heard of anyone Croc-wrassling, and we have got lots of really dim people here.

Team Sergeant 05-20-2012 17:00
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Originally Posted by Rattlerjake (Post 449466)
Besides the obvious physical characteristics, the other major difference is their disposition. Alligators, even large ones, will rarely tackle large prey or attack humans. They mainly prey on smaller animals and those that are hindered by injury, illness, or old age. Crocodiles, on the other hand, are fierce predators and when driven by hunger will attack anything, to include trucks fording a river and boats, although in Africa they do seem to avoid confrontations with elephants and Hippos (Hippos can kill a crocodile with one bite!)

It is a rarity to hear of Alligator attacks in the US, and even rarer to hear of a fatality. More people are attacked by sharks here then alligators.
Humans here are not typically doing their wash or allowing their children to bathe in the same places gators are living. If we did the same thing I'm betting little Susie might just be on the menu......

JJ_BPK 05-20-2012 17:17
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Originally Posted by Rattlerjake (Post 449466)
It is a rarity to hear of Alligator attacks in the US, and even rarer to hear of a fatality. More people are attacked by sharks here then alligators.
We average about one(1) DOA a year in Florida alone..

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Name, age, gender Date Location, Comments
  • Justo Padron, 36, male November 13, 2007 A man fleeing police by jumping into a retention pond adjacent to the Miccosukee Resort and Convention Center was killed by a 9-foot 3-inch (2.8 m) alligator on this date according to the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiners office. Padron and an accomplice were suspected of burglarizing cars in the parking lot of the resort which is located at 500 SW 177th St. in southwest Miami-Dade County when police closed in. Witnesses said they could hear Padron's agonized screaming before he disappeared underwater.[1][2][3]
  • Gwen Williams, 83, female October 5, 2007 The body of this elderly Canadian woman, who had been house sitting for her daughter, was spotted floating in a lagoon 500 feet (200 m) behind her daughter's house by a couple riding by in a golf cart at The Landings on Skidaway Island, an upscale development east of Savannah, Georgia . Autopsy results and an examination of the stomach contents during a necropsy of the animal suspected of killing her conclusively established that she had been attacked and killed by an 8 foot (2.5 m) alligator.[4][5][6]
  • Annemarie Campbell, 23, female May 14, 2006 Her body was pulled out of an alligator's mouth on this date by friends and relatives in a springhead at Juniper Wayside Park in the Ocala National Forest near Lake George in Marion County, Florida. She had been attacked while snorkeling. Autopsy results confirmed that Campbell died from drowning and multiple blunt-force injuries including lacerations on her head, neck and upper torso, and multiple rib fractures. Officials later captured and killed an 11-foot 4-inch (3.5 m), 407 pound alligator that they were able to positively identify as the one that attacked Campbell due to scratches around its eyes that she inflicted while attempting to defend herself.[7][8][9][10]
  • Judy W. Cooper, 43, female May 14, 2006 Her body was found on this date in a canal near Oldsmar in Pinellas County, Florida, 20 miles (30 km) north of St. Petersburg. She had been in the water for about 3 days. Preliminary autopsy results indicated a fatal alligator attack. Her arm and hand were later recovered from an 8.5-foot (2.6 m) alligator.[7][9][10]
  • Yovy Suarez Jiménez, 28, female May 10, 2006 Construction workers found her dismembered body on this date floating in a canal between Markham County Park and State Road 84 in Sunrise, Florida. Authorities later captured the 9' 6" (3 m) alligator that killed her during her nightly jog on May 9 when she stopped to dangle her feet in the water of the canal. Officials were able to verify this because both her arms were found in the digestive tract of the animal during the necropsy. The Broward County medical examiner concluded that she was attacked on land and dragged into the canal.[7][9][10][11]
  • Kevin Albert Murray, 41, male July 15, 2005 Killed while swimming in the Apollo waterway in Port Charlotte, Florida by a 12' 2" (3.7 m) alligator.[11][12][13]
  • Don Owen, 56, male March 15, 2005 Fishermen discovered the body of Owen on this date about 12 miles (19 km) from his Lakeland, Florida home. He had been missing since March 9. Trappers later caught an 8' 9" (2.7 m) alligator and recovered body parts from Owen.[11]
  • Michelle Reeves, 20, female September 26, 2004 Killed by a 7' 11" (2.4 m) alligator while swimming in a retention pond at Lee Memorial Health Park in Lee County, Florida.[11][13]
  • Janie Melsek, 54, female June 21, 2004 Attacked by a 12' 3" (3.7 m) alligator while working on landscaping along Poinciana Circle Sanibel, Florida. She later died in surgery from an infection acquired from being in the water with open wounds.[11][13][14]
  • Brian Griffin, 12, male June 18, 2003 Killed by a 10' 4" (3.1 m) alligator while swimming in the Dead River near a boat ramp; the river connects Lakes Harris and Eustis in Lake County, Florida.[11][13][15]
  • Robert Steele, 81, male September 11, 2001 Attacked by an alligator while walking his dog on a trail between two wetland areas near the J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel, Florida. Steele bled to death after his leg was bitten off below the knee.[11][13]
  • Alexandria Murphy, 2, female June 23, 2001 She wandered away from her fenced back yard and was killed 700 feet from her home on Lake Cannon in Polk County, Florida. A deputy sheriff found her body.[11][13]
  • Samuel Wetmore, 70, male May 4, 2001 Killed in a pond near his residence in Venice, Sarasota County, Florida by an 8' 4" (2.5 m) alligator. Wetmore suffered from dementia and had wandered from his home.[11][13]

JJ_BPK 05-20-2012 17:19
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JJ_BPK 05-20-2012 17:20
And a few more that were lucky..

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JJ_BPK 05-20-2012 17:22
From the Sun Sentinel data base of Florida Gator attacks.

http://databases.sun-sentinel.com/ne...st.php?goto=29


You "hear" what the Tourista Industry wants you to hear.. :munchin

VVVV 05-20-2012 19:32
Quote:
Originally Posted by DevilSide (Post 432476)
I'm speechless, I've never seen a reptile like that. In Florida I don't think even the everglades have alligators or crocs that large, maybe only about 12ft. at the largest. Sometimes they crawl into people's pools or try crossing the interstate, sometimes they even creep into the city. Would hate to walk outside and see that thing at an intersection :eek:

How many times did they have to shoot it?
The longest alligator killed in Florida was 14 ' 3 1/2"

The heaviest 1043 lbs (13' 10 1/2").

Guymullins 05-21-2012 11:31
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Originally Posted by WCH (Post 449522)
The longest alligator killed in Florida was 14 ' 3 1/2"

The heaviest 1043 lbs (13' 10 1/2").
That is huge for an alligator. The biggest Nile Croc killed was 20ft 5 ins and weighed 1650lbs, but there are certain to be bigger in the Great Lakes in Central Africa. It is only white hunters who measure and weigh stuff, and there are not too many of those around.

greenberetTFS 05-21-2012 17:19
Ever see a Python eat a alligator,I have on You Tube,it's amazing to see it being swallowed whole..........:rolleyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGrTF...eature=related

Big Teddy :munchin

Sdiver 05-21-2012 18:55
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I think guy is on one of JJ's list above ..... :D

:munchin

Oldrotorhead 05-21-2012 20:21
This guy must have been very lonely.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/bizarre&id=7694180


SIQUIRRES, Costa Rica (KABC) -- A Costa Rica fisherman nursed a wounded crocodile back to health, and now the reptile has become his personal pet.

Chito found the reptile with a gunshot wound twenty years ago and helped heal him. Since then, the two have been inseparable.

Chito plays with the 17-foot, 980-pound crocodile like it was his pet dog.

It rolls over, the two wrestle, and they give each other hugs and kisses.

Chito has been entertaining visitors with his tricks for years. He said it took a long time before he felt that the crocodile had bonded with him enough to get up close and play games with the reptile.

ZonieDiver 05-22-2012 11:54
I'll bet Chito works overtime making sure that the croc is verrrrry well-fed!:D

The Reaper 05-22-2012 17:12
Like many modern animal stories, I doubt that the brain of the croc is capable of expressing the behavior attributed to it.

I think he is dealing with a creature that is controlled more like a three-way switch than a computer.

Eat-Sleep-Sex.

Probably not a lot of room in there for heady thoughts of gratitude and friendship.

This will not end well, I am afraid.

TR

caveman 05-23-2012 13:33
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Originally Posted by The Reaper (Post 449795)
I think he is dealing with a creature that is controlled more like a three-way switch than a computer.

Eat-Sleep-Sex.
TR
I fear Chito would not survive the first nor the final position of that switch. Lucky for him the gator seems to be stuck in 'sleep' mode.

Guymullins 05-30-2012 06:34
Recent photo from my country
 
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This was taken at a game park a few hours from my home. This croc has caught Pumba, who would weigh in the region of about 150-170 lbs.

ZonieDiver 06-02-2012 16:12
Okay... it's not the Zombie Apocalypse that scares me now!

akv 06-02-2012 22:48
Entebbe Raid
 
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I'm speechless, I've never seen a reptile like that.
Ever been to DC?

That Croc with the Pumba in it's mouth is large and in charge.

The Entebbe Airport sits on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, apparently instead of trying to land C-130s on the runways undetected, I read the original plan was to paradrop commandos and Zodiacs into Lake Victoria at night and let them paddle up to the airport for the rescue. Fortunately someone figured out, the size and aggression level of the nocturnal Lake Victoria crocodile population would likely make that plan suboptimal.

VVVV 06-18-2012 06:43
12 foot gator rams car!
 
ST. PETERSBURG — The Toyota Scion was so new it didn't have any dings in its maroon paint. Its oil hadn't even been changed yet.

On the drive home along Interstate 275, heading north at 70 mph, the Scion suffered its first blemish in an unusual way.

"Gator! Gator! Gator!" Esther Foley shouted about 12:30 Sunday morning while riding shotgun.

Up ahead, near the Gandy Boulevard exit, an old truck walloped the tip of the alligator's tail.

Legs extended, mouth open and signature teeth bared, the gator bolted — right into the passenger side of the 2012 Scion.

"Like a battering ram," said 41-year-old driver Bruce Foley.

Esther Foley, 33, had to remind her shocked husband to pull over. There was no way the insurance company would believe this without a report, the Temple Terrace couple figured.

Deer and cars collide all the time. But how often does a car get T-boned by a 12-foot alligator crossing an interstate?

It's far more common to hear of alligators enjoying backyard pools, but Tampa Bay-area authorities say they field calls for the reptiles on roads — some of them heavily traveled — several times a year. A few months ago in Largo, a 10-foot alligator got stuck under a car that had rolled over it in traffic.

On this night, car and gator would meet again.

In the rearview mirror of the scuffed and dented Scion, Bruce Foley watched another car collide with the alligator — longer than the width of the lane — as it scrambled off the pavement.

"What's going to happen," he wondered, "when it goes the rest of the way across the median?"

About half an hour later, headlights heading south on the interstate hit a silhouette.

Verna Christopherson, 79, and son Mark were driving home to St. Petersburg, a few bucks richer after a night on the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino slot machines.

By the time they spotted the alligator in front of them on the highway, it was too late.

The car ran over it and launched several feet into the air.

The gator went flying, too.

"He was real fat," said Mark Christopherson, 56.

The 12-foot gator could have weighed up to 1,000 pounds, estimates Seminole trapper Vernon Yates, who had not been called out on this incident. Likely coming from the adjacent Sawgrass Lake, the alligator might have been a little scrawnier. The reptile was probably an older male that may have been wandering in search of a mate, he said.

The slow-moving creature would have needed to rest often to make it across two directions of multilane interstate traffic.

Verna Christopherson "kept it pretty cool" while driving, her son said, but he wouldn't let her get out after they stopped on the side of the road. He scraped a brown ridged scale off the underside of the car.

After wreaking $2,000 in damage to the northbound vehicle it encountered, the alligator left minimal marks on the Christophersons' car.

It caused no injuries.

But the last leg of the dangerous journey proved fatal for the alligator, which died on the side of the road.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...-i-275/1235899

JJ_BPK 07-02-2012 14:17
New World Record Croc...
 
This is a heart warming story.
Not only are the locals safe from this Croc, but they are making a couple $$..
Capitalism at it's finest.. :lifter

Quote:
Lolong crocodile: Guinness World Records declare southern Philippines croc largest in captivity

Posted: 11:15 AM
Last Updated: 4 hours and 12 minutes ago

By: Associated Press By: Associated Press

MANILA, Philippines - A huge crocodile known as Lolong has brought pride, fear, tourism revenue and attention to the remote southern Philippines town where it was captured. And now it has claimed a world record, too.

Guinness World Records declared the giant, blamed for deadly attacks before it was captured last September, is the largest saltwater crocodile in captivity in the world.

The news sparked celebrations in Bunawan, a farming town of 37,000 in Agusan del Sur province, but Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde said it also fostered concerns that more giant crocodiles might lurk in a marshland and creek where villagers fish.

"There were mixed feelings," Elorde said by telephone. "We're really proud because it proves the rich biodiversity of our place but at the same time, there are fears that Lolong may not be alone."

Lolong has become the star attraction of a new ecotourism park and research center in the outskirts of Bunawan and has drawn thousands of tourists since news of its capture spread. Elorde said his town has earned 3 million pesos ($72,000) from the modest entrance fees at the park, with most of the money being used to feed and care for the crocodile and maintain the park.

Lolong measures 20.24 feet (6.17 meters) and weighs more than a ton, Guinness spokeswoman Anne-Lise Rouse said in a statement seen Sunday. The reptile took the top spot from an Australian crocodile that measured more than 17 feet (5 meters) and weighed nearly a ton.

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Ramon Paje welcomed the Guinness announcement and the growing attention for the crocodile, saying it would help people realize the biodiversity of their surroundings and the need to protect it. He said he would recommend that the government help Bunawan become an ecotourism destination.

The crocodile was captured with steel cable traps during a three-week hunt after a child was killed in 2009 and a fisherman went missing. Water buffalos have also been attacked by crocodiles in the area.

About 100 people led by Elorde pulled the crocodile from a creek using a rope and then hoisted it by crane onto a truck. It was named after a government environmental officer who died from a heart attack after traveling to Bunawan to help capture the beast, Elorde said.

Elorde said he saw a bigger crocodile escape when Lolong was captured and villagers remain wary of fishing there at night. He said he has formed a team of hunters and is seeking government permission to hunt that crocodile.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/world/l...#ixzz1zUv0OH7i
Lolong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTLZGmKOgwg

He's a big'n.. :D:lifter:D

JJ_BPK 02-11-2013 15:15
LOLONG is dead,, RIP...
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by JJ_BPK (Post 456744)
[CENTER]This is a heart warming story.
Not only are the locals safe from this Croc, but they are making a couple $$.. Capitalism at it's finest..

Lolong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTLZGmKOgwg

He's a big'n..
And he's dead... All 6-meters (20-feet) long and 1,075-kilo (2,370-pounds) :eek::eek::eek::eek:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/world/...html?hpt=hp_c3


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