15 November 07 

Crocodile Undee catches saltie with jocks

 

In Australia, Jimmy Howard went "commando" in an attempt to rescue a 1.5m/5 foot Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) stranded on a popular Darwin beach – by lassoing the critter and then taking off his red jocks (briefs/smalls) and putting them over its eyes to calm it down.

 

"I just ripped my jocks off, soaked them in the water and wrapped them around its face," the ballsy Territorian said.  "It was a bit cranky ..."

 

When asked if he was planning on wearing his handy jocks again, Mr Howard said: "I don't know. I'll have to give them a good wash".

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22762551-13762,00.html

 

14 November 07 

Man killed by gator had criminal record

 

A more detailed follow-on item to the previously posted 13 November 07  Fleeing robbery suspect killed by alligator.

http://www.local10.com/news/14597377/detail.html

 

14 November 07 

Three arrested for selling mislabelled meat

 

In Hong Kong, two men and a woman have been arrested for selling fake crocodile meat.

24 samples of crocodile meat sold at Chinese dried seafood shops were sampled and 16 of those were found to be monitor lizard or snake meat. Only eight were genuine crocodile meat.

 

Proprietors selling fake crocodile meat are liable to five years' jail and a $500,000 fine.

http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/lawandorder/

071114/html/071114en08002.htm

 

13 November 07 

Fleeing robbery suspect killed by alligator

 

A Florida man police said was breaking into cars was attacked and killed by a 9-ft /2.7m alligator while trying to run from police.  A robbery suspect tried to elude officer by jumping into a large pond behind the facility – during his swim, a alligator attacked and killed the man. He was apparently bitten on the head several times.

 

The alligator believed responsible for attacking and then killing the man was captured and transported to All American Gator in Pembroke Park.

 

"Anytime an alligator digests or even kills a person, it is a state law through the Florida Fish and Game that the gator be destroyed."

http://www.local6.com/news/14580616/detail.html

Related:

14 November 07

Devora lagarto a ladrón que trataba de huir

http://www.diario.com.mx/nota.php?notaid=c4ff027f8e314

ca60937997a82fb803a

 

14 November 07 

 

Suspeito de roubo foge e é morto pro crocodilo nos EUA

http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/mundo/2007/11/14/suspeito_de_roubo_

foge_e_e_morto_pro_crocodilo_nos_eua_1080695.html

 

 

13 November 07 

64 loose crocodiles seized in Vietnam

 

In Vietnam, there’s a long running story about efforts by local officials to recover/’neutralise’ about 5,000 crocodiles that have escaped their farms during recent regional flooding.  Previous efforts to collect storm-loosed crocs took up to five months before the government was satisfied that there was no threat to the local villagers.

To date, there are no reports of anybody being attacked by a wayward crocodile.  Of note, about 500 of the animals are ‘adult’ with some of those weighing in at about 200 kilos/ 440 pounds.

 

Vietnam is home to around 1,000 crocodile farms that house at least 100,000 crocs.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/11/754567/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2209896,

00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?catid=3&newsid=33398http://www.thanhniennews.com/soc

iety/?catid=3&newsid=33353

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/social/2007/11/754239/

 

11 November 07

Gator hunting gives an adrenaline rush...and

 

This feature in the News-Press of Southwest Florida deals with a family hunting alligators in the state's largest Lake, Lake Okeechobee.

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/LIFESTYLES/711110378/1013

 

10 November 07

Celebrity L.A. gator featured in new book

 

Palos Verdes-Reggie’s back! Los Angeles’ celebrity alligator is featured in a new book, REGGIE: My Story, which follows the saga of the pet alligator left at Harbor Regional Park two summers ago. After avoiding capture and remaining in hiding for over 18 months, Reggie was finally snared in late May and taken to his new Los Angeles Zoo home. Six days after he was moved into a newly remodeled and landscaped enclosure, the wily L.A. gator scaled a wire fence but was discovered quickly.

http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=18716

 

10 November 07 

Crocs add to worries in Malaysia

 

In Malaysia, crocodiles are being seen in traditionally croc-free waters after annual flooding.

 

One man reported that a metre-long/3-foot Estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) ‘swam in between his legs” when he was repairing a raft-house.  A few months earlier, the same man’s father had been attacked by a 90 kilo/200 pound crocodile in the same area.

"With the crocodiles around, we are dicing with danger every time we take a deep swim to repair the houses."

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/

National/2080617/Article/index_html

 

09 November 07

Croc makes its way to Vietnamese dinner tables

 

Until recently, few Vietnamese would have thought that the crocodile would have made its way to the dinner table or become one of their favorite dishes.

 

But now the armored reptile is being served in more and more specialty restaurants in major cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

http://www.thanhniennews.com/entertaiments/?catid=6&newsid=33266

 

08 November 07

Desert crocodiles in the Sahara

 

It’s hard to believe that 8-ton, dinosaur-eating ‘Super Crocs’ roamed the Sahara 110 million years ago. More incredibly, perhaps, latter day versions are still living there. Historically, the Nile crocodile used to be found all around the Sahara and even on the Mediterrenean coast. In the desert, permanent water in big rivers and pools in the Ennedi, Tibesti, Hoggar and Tassili were until a century ago their home. Food mostly consists of the numerous barbel and catfish that inhabit the same waters.

http://www.wildlifeextra.com/desert-crocodiles893.html

 

08 November 07

Alligator warning in Ohio

 

Officials of the City of Columbus, Ohio, USA have put up a half dozen
signs along the Chattahoochee River Riverwalk to warn people about alligators. The signs say "Caution Alligator Habitat," as an alligator, not-native to the region, has been sighted there.

http://www.wrbl.com/index.php/news/article/alligator-warning-in-columbus/3408/

 

08 November 07

Two alligators seized from NY pet shop

 

Ask their owner, and he'll tell you that alligators Jimmy and Stewart had a pretty comfortable life in their 55-gallon tank at Best Pets in Oakdale, NY: an island to bathe on, a waterfall, and warming lamps.

 

"They were safe," Joseph Salamone said. "No one could touch them."

 

But yesterday, Suffolk's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said the alligators are dangerous, despite their relatively good living conditions and their size - Jimmy is 1 foot long and Stewart 2 feet long. Salamone was ticketed for possession of illegal animals, and the alligators were seized.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-lialli085451405nov08,0,7402229.story