The man in green with the hat on over Matthew's right shoulder was the wildlife specialist who was teaching us about crocodiles. He said this one is five years old. I think it's pretty cute, too. We don't know if it's male or female because, as Duncan said, "Sexing a croc isn't very fun for you or the croc."
LOL, there's this show on the Discovery Channel called Dirty Jobs... Don't know if you've heard of it. Every week the host goes and does a, well, unpleasent job.
In one he went to an alligator farm in Louisiana, and one thing he had to do was sex their baby gators. See, the problem with reptiles (and birds, for that matter) is all their genetalia is internal. So basically he had to molest a whole bunch of gators to feel for their equipment.
Another thing Duncan said is that the 'salt' v 'fresh' is a bit of a misnomer. Some of them hang out in estuaries, but none of them really go for salt as they wait in watering holes for some one to come for a drink and no one drinks salt water. The estuary ones are the ones called 'salties'.
The kids are looking forward to a bit of bragging when they get back to school tomorrow. I mean, Matthew's class is full of 12 year olds. Who WOULDN'T want to hold a crocodile?
Conal, who's 10 thought Matthew holding a croc is "pretty neat", but when I asked him if he'd like to, "no, I'm kinda scared."
OTOH, when I asked Elora, she looked at me, face aglow and said, "COOOOOOL!" This is the girl who's having her 7th birthday party at Clyde Peeling's Reptiland. http://www.reptiland.com/
Glad you folks are home safely and all that. Post more photos when you get a chance, ok? :-)
The Angels. You see the cap. He has an array of their gear. When we're in Long Beach, he likes to go to the games. It irks his dad who is an As fan, but I can cope, even though I'm for the Dodgers. Marilyn has yet to declare.
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Yeah, I imagine that sexing crocodiles is probably not a very popular passtime!
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In one he went to an alligator farm in Louisiana, and one thing he had to do was sex their baby gators. See, the problem with reptiles (and birds, for that matter) is all their genetalia is internal. So basically he had to molest a whole bunch of gators to feel for their equipment.
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OTOH, when I asked Elora, she looked at me, face aglow and said, "COOOOOOL!" This is the girl who's having her 7th birthday party at Clyde Peeling's Reptiland. http://www.reptiland.com/
Glad you folks are home safely and all that. Post more photos when you get a chance, ok? :-)
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