What a croc of.....

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What a croc of.....(PICS)

I was reading mrsix's thread and it got me opening all my holiday pics from my trip to Gambia last November.

Whilst there, myself and my friend thought we would do the man thing and go see some Crocs :eek:. When we arrived at the park, I immediately thought I should have brought with me a spare pair of Boxers as you can see below.

The guide told us to stroke them from the neck down becasue if you stroke their heads, they will take your hand off. Oh great!!!

They feed these Crocodiles on Bongo fish and have done since birth, hence the distance you can get to them. I was amazed at how close I could get to them but always had the thought in the back of my mind that it doesn't matter how much Bongo Fish you throw at a Croc, they still eat meat :eek:

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GeForce said:
Wow! Amazing pics :) I'd love to do this.
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It cost all of £2 to walk around the park which took roughly 45 mins. You needed the guide as there was all other types of reptiles around that you really did not want to meet face to face including snakes, lizards and these puppies (Monitor Lizards). This one was over 6 foot in length and a strike from its tail could apparently take your foot clean off your ankle :eek:

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I love Crocs... amazing creatures

So often i go out on the boat here and you see them all the time. I still find them incredible to watch.

You just have to watch out here though because crocs can swim in both salt and fresh water
 
Unluckyalf said:
You just have to watch out here though because crocs can swim in both salt and fresh water
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me and me mates took some canoes up the Katherine Gorge for three days, lots of signs with "do not land here, crocodile nesting area" - unfortunately for us we didn't reach the designated camping area on the first day(took ages to pull the canoes upstream over the rapids) so we had to set up camp in such an area lol Katherine Gorge was beautiful though, do you go there at all Unluckyalf? I see your in Darwin so its not far from you.
 
Crocodiles are wicked :p

Went to a crocodile farm in France ( it was inside with about 1 or 200 females and a few males! ) but never got that close.

Should have asked to do a steve-o on a tightrope! =P
 
Awesome creatures - top of the food chain.

I saw a great documentary about crocs and tigers once. The tigers were struggling for food so they would swim into the river to steal the crocs prey which the crocs kill then leave floating about for later. Tiger's obviously hate water but had no choice, and if caught by the crocs would have become dinner themselves.
 
davethe11 said:
me and me mates took some canoes up the Katherine Gorge for three days, lots of signs with "do not land here, crocodile nesting area" - unfortunately for us we didn't reach the designated camping area on the first day(took ages to pull the canoes upstream over the rapids) so we had to set up camp in such an area lol Katherine Gorge was beautiful though, do you go there at all Unluckyalf? I see your in Darwin so its not far from you.
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Katherine Gorge is about 300km South of Darwin. Been there a few times now, especially as my work takes me to Katherine and beyond.
Crocs round here seem to be a good way to dispose of bodies!

Also, you need to be very careful when you go fishing!


Oh and ....
 
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fantastic pics there alf, thats one big croc! Sends shivers down my spine when I remember swimming in the gorge lol I wont ask about the body disposal! I loved Darwin too, a real friendly place - do you go to the night markets there? I was there during the dry season, I saw pictures of the previous wet season and was shocked! In the hostel in Katherine they had pics of the local supermarket drowned in water, and pics of the streets where crocs had been swimming down them!
 
davethe11 said:
fantastic pics there alf, thats one big croc! Sends shivers down my spine when I remember swimming in the gorge lol I wont ask about the body disposal! I loved Darwin too, a real friendly place - do you go to the night markets there? I was there during the dry season, I saw pictures of the previous wet season and was shocked! In the hostel in Katherine they had pics of the local supermarket drowned in water, and pics of the streets where crocs had been swimming down them!
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Going a bit OT sorry
Mindil Beach markets start next week :)
And Katherine nearly always floods in the wet :) Water levels there rose 14m in Jan. At 20m it floods the town
 
Jesus Mary & Joseph alf :eek:

Now thats Darwin styleee!!!

We had arrived just after the crocs had been fed and apparently for a small fee, you can join the locals and feed them but we missed that.

We did think about coming back the next day to do it but realised that the Holiday Insurance just wasn't cut out for this.

Oh and........

Wiggins said:
Can a mod please change the title of the thread to:

What a croc of.....(PICS)

Ta :)
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OK dont then :D
 
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