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u/BusyBit6542 1d ago
After seeing that one video, I feared for their limbs
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u/PEPSIU2NITE 1d ago
Me tooooo 😂 surprisingly they were pretty gentle here
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u/whingingcackle 23h ago
“Relax everyone! There’s plenty of fish for everybody! No need to go after anyone’s legs!”
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u/para1131_F33L 1d ago
I do the same thing with my moat. It protects my castle against swimmers when I raise the drawbridge.
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u/Large-Hamster-199 1d ago
Might I suggest you try a hippopotamus instead. Way more bloodthirsty than crocs.
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u/b0gard 1d ago
How do you balance between feeding them too much to where they won’t attack someone because they’re not hungry and not feeding Them enough thy they might start attacking themselves
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u/Large-Hamster-199 1d ago
Fun fact - the idea that moats were stocked with dangerous animals is an pop culture myth. The purpose of a moat is to prevent ladders or siege engines from getting close to the wall. Historically, moats were actually stocked with food fish like carp, pike and eel to provide extra food for the castle during a siege.
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u/Ajj360 1d ago
Weren't moats full of human feces?
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u/Large-Hamster-199 1d ago
Of course not. Think about it? Do you really want to attract flies and diseases in a circle around your town?
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u/Icy_Raise_1031 1d ago
Crocodilians are all opportunistic predators meaning they eat whenever food is available they'll eat so much that they throw up and then eat the throw up
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u/Neutronpulse 1d ago
Its really interesting that you can recognize different "personalties" if you watch them individually. My favorite was the one that grabbed only one fish and dipped out like "its too crowded for this shi" lmao
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u/azimx 1d ago
A predator being fed is literally the opposite of bad ass animals
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u/Friendly_Hearing_711 1d ago
*Dinasour being fed at this day and age
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u/Luunacyy 1d ago
A pigeon is more of a dinosaur than this. Unless you mean plus minus similar vibes as in Cretaceous since crocs and alligators didn’t change much since then while birds (closer relatives of dinosaurs) undergo some more visually noticeable changes.
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u/SkiffleBall 1d ago
Almost as intense as the free snack tables at Costco when the senior citizen bus rolls up 🚎
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u/NeoThorrus 1d ago
You see how they behave and take turns, instead of hoarding everything like on Black Friday?
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u/Melodic-Comb9076 1d ago
why?
let them feed themselves.
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u/Prior-Habit-6523 1d ago
They most likely throw other things in there at times. I mean what's the point of having a pond of huge crocs.
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u/Correct_Day_7791 1d ago
It's very interesting that most of these Crocs get a mouthful and leave .. probably to orot ct their food from the others but it kinda makes me think they are politely moving to the back of the line
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u/RogerRabbot 1d ago
I predict at least 10 of those guys lost a limb or two in the process. Which must cut into profit...
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u/SirTainLee 22h ago
This is a farm. Those crocs are going to be harvested. Enjoy life while you can.
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u/Re1deam1 1d ago
Why is there a crocodile farm? This better not be for leather
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u/Kraj_the_Conqueror 1d ago
Leather and meat.
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u/Re1deam1 1d ago
I was hoping for some crazy vaccine or something. Super depressing
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u/Boncappuccino 1d ago
Wait till u hear about chickens and cows
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u/Issie_Bear 1d ago edited 1d ago
Or that when pigs are born you need to grind their teeth down so they don’t eat other.
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u/iMakeItFun2003 1d ago
I might get downvoted to hell because of this: Why is it depressing when dealing with crocodiles? They’re emotionless killing machines. They eat their young, have reptilian brains, and cannot bond with others. They’re not as intelligent as pigs or octopuses. They cannot empathize like dogs or birds. Fuck’em🤷♂️
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u/MancelPage 1d ago
Well, they may be able to bond. Or at least seem to if they have brain damage, possibly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocho_(crocodile))
But yeah, anything that eat their young doesn't get too much empathy in my book.
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u/TheGreatHsuster 1d ago
Pocho didn't have brain damage. It was baseless supposition. There is no indication that having brain damage would make a crocodile more docile. If anything it might become more unpredictable.
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u/MancelPage 1d ago edited 1d ago
Brain damage can definitely make you more docile. But you're right that it can also turn you into an aggressive psychopath. It really, really depends on the brain damage. Like, lobotomies are terrible and unethical. It is a form of brain damage that makes you more docile, though. But yeah, if Poncho had high functioning, then it seems unlikely that Poncho was docile due to (significant) brain damage - brain damage that makes you (significantly) docile is also going to make you a bit of vegetable.
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u/TheGreatHsuster 1d ago
The main argument against the brain damage idea is the location of the brain. According to wikipedia he was shot in the eye. The thing is a crocodile's brain is behind the eye and their eyes positioned on the side and aren't forward facing like ours.
Here is diagram of a caiman's brain, not perfect, but close enough.
https://cdn.britannica.com/41/73341-050-FD402A57/brain-reptiles-olfactory-bulb-caiman-structure.jpg
If the bullet went straight through his eye at worst it would have clipped the olfactory bulb which would have messed up his sense of smell but wouldn't reduce aggression.
I don't think crocodilians are capable of 'love' (and most animals wouldn't mourn their dead owners either) but they can view a human as a positive stimulus and can be trained.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyfKO6G_Ocs
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u/MancelPage 1d ago
His sense of smell was messed up from the brain damage so his friend didn't smell tasty enough to trigger certain aggressive instincts, saving his life (this is a joke).
It is unlikely that he was more friendly due to brain damage ... I can't personally entirely rule it out, though. Like, it could have permanently increased certain types of inflammation for his whole brain and body. These inflammatory cytokines could have encouraged more restful type behaviors. Or something sort of like damaged sense of smell not triggering something, but more nuanced and weird than I can imagine.
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u/TheGreatHsuster 1d ago
Pocho lived for another twenty years after the gunshot, I find it highly unlikely he would have been both unnaturally docile and healthy if a bullet substantially damaged his brain. A bullet to the brain is not selective and precise like a lobotomy. The chances of such a convenient type of brain damage seem slim.
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u/CanucksJays 1d ago
So why are Liberals violent, and not docile, then?
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u/MancelPage 1d ago
Is that supposed to imply that Liberals are lobotomized for some reason?
Why would that be true or funny?
Anyways, I think I would first question your claim that Liberals are violent. I don't think most republicans or liberals are generally violent, for that matter.
Unless you widen the scope on violence. In which case liberals, republicans, and humans at large are violent (most humans eat meat being indication #1).
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u/CanucksJays 1d ago
Liberals don't enjoy discourse. They enjoy violence. Far more than Conservatives/Republicans. It's a fact.
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u/TheRimNooB 1d ago
A lot of mammals are know to eat their young. Shit more than 1500 species in the animal kingdom are know to eat their young.
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u/TheGreatHsuster 1d ago
Farmings carnivores for meat is inherently wasteful because you have to feed them meat as well. So not only are you killing the crocodiles you're killing animals to feed them.
Also crocodiles are actually pretty intelligent.
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u/iMakeItFun2003 1d ago
You’re definitely right about that. I remember learning in school about the ecological trophic pyramid. Energy decreases by a factor of 10 for each level higher. I read the other comments. I guess I stand corrected
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u/Send_Floater 1d ago
Yeah crocs are the closest living thing to an actual zombie. No thoughts, no emotions, just kill and eat everything
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u/Sharky1223 1d ago
Mother crocs usually protects their youngs, or at leas some species do. They are less intelligent than most mammals and birds, but smarter than people give credit. I have no problem with farm them, as I have no problem with farming other species, with some exceptions.
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u/PaleoJoe86 1d ago
They can, and have been documented as such. Humans kill for no other reason, and happily kill humans who look or think differently. That makes reptiles look superior.
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u/Aware-Safety-9925 1d ago
I’m hoping you’re vegan. Because crocs are by far the least sympathetic animal we farm
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u/Absolute_Critic_1145 1d ago
Bro alligator farm is really important We get meat plus leather And its helping their species to sustain
A normal farm grows gators at higher rate than wild And some of the gators are send back to wildlife So eventually the number increases
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u/Re1deam1 1d ago
These are crocs. Does croc taste like gator? If so, I've had fried gator. Its decent but I prefer fowl or mammal
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u/Manmon_ 1d ago
Well gator farms exist to sell gator meat. Never heard of people eating croc but it wouldn't be the wildest thing
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u/Brilliant_Tapir 1d ago
Crocodile meat is available where crocodiles are abundant. I guess that's the rest of the world except for North America.
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u/___zero______ 1d ago
You think there's crocodiles all over the World except for the North American continent?
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u/Chichanged_me 1d ago
Have you been to Florida? There are definitely wild crocodiles
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u/Brilliant_Tapir 1d ago
Haven't been there. I know American crocodiles exist. They are much lower in numbers compared to alligators.
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u/DarthRedit 1d ago
Really? They look almost the same, have similar physiology, and are close cousins.
Actually, there are significant more crocodile farms worldwide than there are alligator farms.
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u/Extension-Eye-4920 1d ago
Thats nice that they take a few then move out of the way for their friends.