I would call crocodile
big brothers of iguana, and fierce cousin of lizard. But they are lazy lot.
They look like sculptures glued to the floor, with no movement for hours, stiff
and inert. If you look closely at the crocodile, its skin is very beautiful
with proportional geometrical designs equally spaced, a wonderful natural creation.
It is farmed chiefly for its skin to make assorted leather products like
wallets, belts, gloves, etc. Some eat crocodile meat, which is considered
aphrodisiac.
A crocodile show was to
begin, there were huge crocodiles in their pens, some in the water and few on
the concrete slab in the middle of the moat. Two boys came and tried to wrestle
with crocodile, holding them by the tail and trying to place them on the
concrete island. It was quite an effort pulling the heavy croc, they tried with
their hands or pushing with their legs. Once they succeeded in bringing the
croc on the concrete island they pulled croc’s jaws wide open. Then they would
do stunts like inserting their body or head in the open mouth of the croc and
moving it out before the croc shut their jaw with a snap.
What if those boys were not
able to move their body fast enough from croc's jaws? What if their body be stuck between
the sharp teeth of croc? This was quite stressful for me and I wanted it to end
as soon as possible with no gory accidents.
In another pen, I saw
people buying meat and throwing to the croc. It would start a fight between the
hungry croc.
I hate animal shows of
any kind where somebody is likely to get hurt.
