Yes and he was quite friendly. I had him trained if I called his name in a certain tone to run up to me with his huge bulk and flop down inches from my feet and open his mouth. I would then place my hand on his nostril area and open it further and drop the food item in. All the conditioning and training you see Flavio doing was started by me with a 3' piece of PVC pipe and a deep understanding of croc behaviour. I conditioned almost all my crocs to behave as I needed them to on cue. All my 2.4 Cuban Crocs would rush me on cue, stop 3' in front of me in a semicircle and sit down and wait to be individually fed. I originally began this to monitor health and see if any were fighting and had wounds. For over 20 years I studied and bred crocs. It was lots of fun, I learned a lot, and bred 11 species...
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

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