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W von Papineäu
at Sun Oct 11 00:22:06 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by W von Papineäu ]
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION 25 September 09 Crocs get spa treatment
A zoo near Launceston has taken steps to ensure its two latest inhabitants do not feel the cold.
Tasmania Zoo has taken delivery of a pair of two-metre freshwater crocodiles.
They are are used to tropical temperatures but they will not be too cold in their new enclosure.
They will have their own hot pool and 42 degree basking light.
The Zoo's Rob Warren has completed a special handling course for the reptiles.
"I went up to Queensland and it's all about handling, movement, them stalking you, not being in the wrong spot," he said.
"Then of course if the animals did happen to escape, what you do, how you recapture it, how do you restrain it to get the animals safely back into it's enclosure with no injuries."
The reptiles live for up 100 years.
Crocs get spa treatment
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