Rutherford's crocodile on a wall of the Old Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, United-Kingdom
Anyone know anything about this? Is it still there? Would love to hear.
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Even Lord Rutherford had a croc
Rutherford's crocodile on a wall of the Old Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, United-Kingdom
Anyone know anything about this? Is it still there? Would love to hear.
Friday, 22 August 2008
Gator Named Fay? - 540wfla.com
August 20 2008
BAREFOOT BAY -- The Brevard County community of Barefoot Bay took substantial damage from Fay as it passed over the eastern side of the state Tuesday, with at least 51 homes damaged in a late afternoon tornado. Nine of those homes were declared uninhabitable. Barefoot Bay is the second-largest manufactured home community in the U.S.
The space coast community, which accounted for some of the worst damage reports in the early afternoon reports, also managed to account for one of the more interesting animal rescue stories to come from the day of landfall for fat. Residents of Barefoot bay reported a stray, wandering the neighborhood.
The stray was a 4-foot-long alligator.
Wildlife officers were dispatched to take care of the animal. They captured the reptile, and escorted it to a waterway that was safely distant from the community.
BAREFOOT BAY -- The Brevard County community of Barefoot Bay took substantial damage from Fay as it passed over the eastern side of the state Tuesday, with at least 51 homes damaged in a late afternoon tornado. Nine of those homes were declared uninhabitable. Barefoot Bay is the second-largest manufactured home community in the U.S.
The space coast community, which accounted for some of the worst damage reports in the early afternoon reports, also managed to account for one of the more interesting animal rescue stories to come from the day of landfall for fat. Residents of Barefoot bay reported a stray, wandering the neighborhood.
The stray was a 4-foot-long alligator.
Wildlife officers were dispatched to take care of the animal. They captured the reptile, and escorted it to a waterway that was safely distant from the community.
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Crocodile eats Bangladesh man who sought its blessing - thestandard.com.hk
21 August 2008
A crocodile killed and devoured a 25-year-old man in Bangladesh who waded into a pond next to a shrine hoping to be blessed by the animal, police said.
Inspector Humayun Kabir said that Rubel Sheikh and his mother traveled 50 kilometers from their home to visit the Muslim Khan Jahan Ali shrine, where the attack happened.
Kabir said hundreds of people visit the shrine every day to offer hens and goats to the five crocodiles living in the pond. Part of the ritual also involves bathing in the water.
Kabir said about 25 people dived into the pond following the attack on Wednesday, but could not find the man's body.
It washed ashore on Thursday and had been largely eaten, he said.
A crocodile killed and devoured a 25-year-old man in Bangladesh who waded into a pond next to a shrine hoping to be blessed by the animal, police said.
Inspector Humayun Kabir said that Rubel Sheikh and his mother traveled 50 kilometers from their home to visit the Muslim Khan Jahan Ali shrine, where the attack happened.
Kabir said hundreds of people visit the shrine every day to offer hens and goats to the five crocodiles living in the pond. Part of the ritual also involves bathing in the water.
Kabir said about 25 people dived into the pond following the attack on Wednesday, but could not find the man's body.
It washed ashore on Thursday and had been largely eaten, he said.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Gator aid - trurodaily.com
20 August 2008
If travelling around Canada in a van with a bunch of crocodilians riding shotgun is your idea of a good time, Geoff Battrum has your dream job.
The 21-year-old Ontario resident works for Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo, based in Ottawa. Along with fellow zookeeper Lyndsey Russell, Battrum travels to events educating people about reptiles by giving them hands-on learning experience. They had a crocodile, an alligator and two caimans with them at the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Wednesday.
So what’s the best part of the job?
“Working with the animals and you get to play with kids,” said Russell.
Battrum got a job at the zoo after finishing a job placement there during high school, while Russell went to school for the position. They both work with Little Ray’s animals, which are mostly all rescued or dropped-off reptiles.
“We don’t like using the word rescued because people think the animal wasn’t well looked after, where most of the ones we get are very well looked after. Mostly the person just realizes or something clicks that they shouldn’t have it (the crocodilian),” said Battrum.
The reptile show is visiting the exhibition for the rest of the week and will be giving educational shows roughly every two hours at the raceway. During the show the zookeepers talk to the crowd about all the different kinds of crocodilians and throw in some interesting facts.
For example, there is actually only one kind of crocodilian that sees people as a source of food and that is the Nile crocodile in Africa. About 300 people a year are eaten by that species, said Battrum.
This little factoid drew some worried looks toward the Nile crocodile he was holding in front of a small crowd. However, after the show spectators are usually invited up to touch the crocks and curiosity mostly overcomes fear.
Both Battrum and Russell have come to care for their scaled travelling companions and hope to continue educating people for a long time because as far as Battrum is concerned, he has one of the best jobs in the world.
“I get to travel and play with crocodiles,” he laughed.
If travelling around Canada in a van with a bunch of crocodilians riding shotgun is your idea of a good time, Geoff Battrum has your dream job.
The 21-year-old Ontario resident works for Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo, based in Ottawa. Along with fellow zookeeper Lyndsey Russell, Battrum travels to events educating people about reptiles by giving them hands-on learning experience. They had a crocodile, an alligator and two caimans with them at the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Wednesday.
So what’s the best part of the job?
“Working with the animals and you get to play with kids,” said Russell.
Battrum got a job at the zoo after finishing a job placement there during high school, while Russell went to school for the position. They both work with Little Ray’s animals, which are mostly all rescued or dropped-off reptiles.
“We don’t like using the word rescued because people think the animal wasn’t well looked after, where most of the ones we get are very well looked after. Mostly the person just realizes or something clicks that they shouldn’t have it (the crocodilian),” said Battrum.
The reptile show is visiting the exhibition for the rest of the week and will be giving educational shows roughly every two hours at the raceway. During the show the zookeepers talk to the crowd about all the different kinds of crocodilians and throw in some interesting facts.
For example, there is actually only one kind of crocodilian that sees people as a source of food and that is the Nile crocodile in Africa. About 300 people a year are eaten by that species, said Battrum.
This little factoid drew some worried looks toward the Nile crocodile he was holding in front of a small crowd. However, after the show spectators are usually invited up to touch the crocks and curiosity mostly overcomes fear.
Both Battrum and Russell have come to care for their scaled travelling companions and hope to continue educating people for a long time because as far as Battrum is concerned, he has one of the best jobs in the world.
“I get to travel and play with crocodiles,” he laughed.
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Eight crocodiles rip drunk tourist to pieces - news.com.au
August 19 2008
A DRUNKEN man on a wildlife tour leaned over a rail to stroke a crocodile - and was pulled into the water and torn to shreds by eight of the raging beasts as 50 horrified holidaymakers looked on.
Fire department spokesman Ramiro Alos, speaking from the Lake Carpintero sanctuary near Tampico, Mexico, said: "It’s unheard of for eight crocodiles to join forces in killing a man.
"It’s the most savage attack in living memory in Mexico.
"There are no remains and we can’t identify him. He must have suffered horrifically."
A DRUNKEN man on a wildlife tour leaned over a rail to stroke a crocodile - and was pulled into the water and torn to shreds by eight of the raging beasts as 50 horrified holidaymakers looked on.
Fire department spokesman Ramiro Alos, speaking from the Lake Carpintero sanctuary near Tampico, Mexico, said: "It’s unheard of for eight crocodiles to join forces in killing a man."It’s the most savage attack in living memory in Mexico.
"There are no remains and we can’t identify him. He must have suffered horrifically."
Monday, 18 August 2008
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Armed robber scared off by 'Alligator Netty' - telegraph.co.uk
14 Aug 2008
A newsagent frightened away a knife-wielding robber after producing a larger blade in a scene straight out of Crocodile Dundee.
Annette Lewis, 46, has earned the nickname "Alligator Netty" after pulling out the blade and telling the bemused youth "my knife's better than yours"
The raider burst into A and C Lewis Newsagents, in Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, demanding cash and cigarettes.
Mrs Lewis said: "He said 'hand over the cigarettes and £50 out of the till or you will get this'... and showed me a knife.
"I had a bigger knife under the counter for opening parcels, so I picked it up and told him 'my knife's better than yours'.
"He called me mad and went for the door. Then he said 'come on then'. I went to run after him and he ran away then."
In the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan's character pulls out a Bowie knife and tells a switchblade-carrying mugger "That's not a knife, this is a knife."
Mrs Lewis said family and friends were now calling her "Alligator Netty" and comparing her to Hogan's character.
She added: "I was lucky really as it could have gone the other way, but I think I shocked him more than he shocked me. Let's hope it's put him off and he doesn't do it again."
South Wales Police have launched an inquiry.
A newsagent frightened away a knife-wielding robber after producing a larger blade in a scene straight out of Crocodile Dundee.
Annette Lewis, 46, has earned the nickname "Alligator Netty" after pulling out the blade and telling the bemused youth "my knife's better than yours"
The raider burst into A and C Lewis Newsagents, in Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil, south Wales, demanding cash and cigarettes.
Mrs Lewis said: "He said 'hand over the cigarettes and £50 out of the till or you will get this'... and showed me a knife.
"I had a bigger knife under the counter for opening parcels, so I picked it up and told him 'my knife's better than yours'.
"He called me mad and went for the door. Then he said 'come on then'. I went to run after him and he ran away then."
In the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee, Paul Hogan's character pulls out a Bowie knife and tells a switchblade-carrying mugger "That's not a knife, this is a knife."
Mrs Lewis said family and friends were now calling her "Alligator Netty" and comparing her to Hogan's character.
She added: "I was lucky really as it could have gone the other way, but I think I shocked him more than he shocked me. Let's hope it's put him off and he doesn't do it again."
South Wales Police have launched an inquiry.
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