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Hint: photo taken in northern South America (near where we lived and conducted our research).

Renee

The picture doesn't show much, but it looks like an Orinoco to me. Though I've only seen two of them that size before.

You got it. I just found this photo buried in a stack of misc; it's from a couple years ago, when I was working in Venezuela and helped out a bit with the reintroduction program of Orinoco crocs. National Geographic funded our other research (with anacondas), so then they made a half hour film with us and the croc research. I rarely hear them spoken of; was curious who has seen them before, especially since there are still only a few hundred left in the wild.

Cheers,

Renee

The same Renee who has caused mixed feelings of admiration mixed with a small dose of jealousy because of your AMAZING posts on the anaconda forum, now reveals she has dealt with Orinocos. One of my 5 favorite crocodilians embarrassingly I did'nt recognize the hatchling,(the only ones I've seen were adults).
I love reading your post(the one about Nigel was my favorite). The other day I was watching that idiot Brady Barr in Costa Rica he had caught maybe a 12 foot acutus and he was saying at least a thousand pounds maybe 2 thousand.
Where do they get these people?
Catching and studying wild anacondas is about as fine a job as anyone could have. Now I know you've dealt with wild crocodilians I'm even more impressed. Especially an "105lb" female.
When my wife reaches the end of an increasingly short rope this ususally happens when I make her help me move a croc or big snake or a cage, she'll ask who would put up with this s**t? My very short list has another name.
This does'nt endear me as this question is meant to be rhetorical.
Keep up the important work. And be careful.
Danny