Comments on: Alan Dean Foster: Predators I Have Known - Orinoco crocodile http://boingboing.net/2011/02/28/alan-dean-foster-pre-4.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Michael Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/02/28/alan-dean-foster-pre-4.html#comment-1039947 Michael Smith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1039947 A friend of mine took three months off work to paddle a sea kayak from Cooktown to Cape York. Every day when he looked for a camp site he would walk along the beach looking for crocodile tracks. If any tracks were visible he would get back in the boat and paddle a few K north, then try again. I read an interview with a guy who owned a crocodile farm. He pointed out that crocs are smart, but they are not like us. They are reptiles, not mammals. If you keep a horse in your home for ten years it will make friends with you. A croc will spend the whole time calmly waiting for a chance to eat you. A friend of mine took three months off work to paddle a sea kayak from Cooktown to Cape York. Every day when he looked for a camp site he would walk along the beach looking for crocodile tracks. If any tracks were visible he would get back in the boat and paddle a few K north, then try again.

I read an interview with a guy who owned a crocodile farm. He pointed out that crocs are smart, but they are not like us. They are reptiles, not mammals. If you keep a horse in your home for ten years it will make friends with you. A croc will spend the whole time calmly waiting for a chance to eat you.

]]> By: Zergonapal http://boingboing.net/2011/02/28/alan-dean-foster-pre-4.html#comment-1039438 Zergonapal Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1039438 I wonder if he has ever encountered the Drop Bear? I wonder if he has ever encountered the Drop Bear?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/02/28/alan-dean-foster-pre-4.html#comment-1039500 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1039500 Was up in Northern Australia fishing when the boat guide kindly pointed out a spot along the bank where someone had been killed recently. He said that the crocs watch people's habitual behaviours. "Oh that guy wades into the river to fill a tub of water every afternoon at 5. Nyah-Ha-Ha!" Was up in Northern Australia fishing when the boat guide kindly pointed out a spot along the bank where someone had been killed recently. He said that the crocs watch people’s habitual behaviours. “Oh that guy wades into the river to fill a tub of water every afternoon at 5. Nyah-Ha-Ha!”

]]> By: thomasrdotorg http://boingboing.net/2011/02/28/alan-dean-foster-pre-4.html#comment-1039533 thomasrdotorg Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1039533 I was fishing in the Northern Territory of Australia when a croc's nostrils appeared. Local bloke I was with said "We're done" and started packing up. Some tourists showed up and started taking pics from the river crossing. Local bloke regarded them and said "that croc can move faster than you can say 'oh shit'" I was fishing in the Northern Territory of Australia when a croc’s nostrils appeared. Local bloke I was with said “We’re done” and started packing up.

Some tourists showed up and started taking pics from the river crossing. Local bloke regarded them and said “that croc can move faster than you can say ‘oh shit’”

]]> By: ADavies http://boingboing.net/2011/02/28/alan-dean-foster-pre-4.html#comment-1040124 ADavies Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1040124 Good juxtaposition between this post and the one about the fearsome koala bear's mating call. You ever met a koala bear Foster? Vicious finger nails. Good juxtaposition between this post and the one about the fearsome koala bear’s mating call. You ever met a koala bear Foster? Vicious finger nails.

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