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There's a moral to this story...
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Poster JZB Offline
Posted 09/28/09 02:01 PM
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1. Lets leave the crocs alone and not train them to come roadside. Let them hunt their natural prey.

2. Throw your trash where it belongs!! In a trash bin!

Came upon this big croc Thursday afternoon roadside at the croc pit (by BWSL). He swallowed the whole garbage bag in two gulps. In the photo, half the bag must already be down his throat. We saw at least two tin cans plus other large undigestable trash in the bag.
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#352659 - 09/28/09 02:55 PM Re: There's a moral to this story... [Re: JZB]
iluvbelize Offline
This is just sickening!

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#352666 - 09/28/09 03:30 PM Re: There's a moral to this story... [Re: iluvbelize]
walleye Offline
I'll bet he would spit out my ex though.....

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#352677 - 09/28/09 05:34 PM Re: There's a moral to this story... [Re: walleye]
collyk Offline
I have contacted the Wildlife Officer at Forestry, ACES and the Belize Wildlife Conservation Network. Hopefully something can be done.
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#352773 - 09/29/09 04:41 PM Re: There's a moral to this story... [Re: collyk]
chunkyruth Offline
What a shame.
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#352774 - 09/29/09 04:46 PM Re: There's a moral to this story... [Re: chunkyruth]
jesse Offline
Idea: Install cameras and go get the guy that throws stuff and send him into the pond to retrieve it,,,or

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#352786 - 09/29/09 06:00 PM Re: There's a moral to this story... [Re: jesse]
Freezer Offline
I kinda like that idea Jesse!

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#354571 - 10/14/09 09:56 AM Re: There's a moral to this story... [Re: JZB]
Biologist Cherie Offline
While crocodiles have the strongest stomach acid (comprised of hydrochloric acid and peptic proteolysis) of any creature alive on the planet today, something as small as a wooden toothpick swallowed by an adult croc can penetrate the animal's stomach wall causing lesions, damage to internal organs, peritonitis, and can even cause cirrhosis of the liver. Larger gastric foreign objects, even when otherwise edible such as bird wings, have caused stomach distension in crocs resulting in death. As for foreign objects “passing on through,” crocodiles actually have an extremely small pyloric opening into the duodenum which prevents the escape of accidentally ingested objects, such as the trash in this photo; thus, the animal dies of gastric blockage. Although crocs do regurgitate tiny hair balls (yes, like cats and owls), it seems they are unable to regurgitate larger unwanted non food items due to their anatomy. For many reasons, a fed croc is a dead croc.

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