Even though we didn't get to see a crocodile out in the wild (probably for the best) we went to see a bunch of them in captivity in Crocodylus Park here in Darwin. It is a farm so they raise them for their skin and meat, and they take "problem" crocs from the wild for their breeding program. They also have a zoo area with native animals including wallaroos, cassowaries, dingos, and agile wallabies. They had monkeys, lions, tigers and a fisher cat but that was kind of sad.
The crocs, however, were awesome! The males they had taken in were
HUGE- over 4 meters, which is like 15 feet! They do a whole guided tour and feeding and get the crocs to jump out of the water. We saw some of the females and babies jump, and that was cool and all, but then we got to feed the big guys and I actually got to hold the pole with the chicken on it and make the big old crocodile jump out of the water. Ridiculous! And then we got to hold baby crocodiles- and it peed on me. Check that off of once in a lifetime experiences!Tomorrow we are off for the tour to Alice Springs at 5:40
am :-/
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