No swimming! Tourists banned from taking a dip at southern National Park after croc spotted

[webfact]

No swimming! Tourists banned from taking a dip at southern National Park after croc spotted

 

Picture: Daily News

 

The page of the Ao Mano - Khao Tanyong National Park in the far south of Thailand has banned swimming at the beach after someone took a picture of a saltwater crocodile just offshore.

 

All tourists have been told to stay out of the water at all costs as of 3 pm yesterday. 

 

The park - whose status is under review - lies on 58.58 square kilometers of land in Narathiwat province.

 

There is a sandy beach and a 293 meter peak in the area.  

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[2long]

Waiting for what? Until when? This thing will swim in the coastal seas and wander around on land, and they can live for more than 100 years. How can the local authorities be sure it has gone? And even if it pops over the Malaysian border, it could come back at any time. It's not subject to visas and quarantine.

Highly unlikely to attack a human, but they have to survive somehow.

[LawrenceN]

"The park - whose status is under review - lies on 58.58 square meters of land in Narathiwat province."

 

Misprint? Does this park measure less than 6 X 10 meters? With beachfront? ????

[Jai Dee]

9 minutes ago, LawrenceN said:

"The park - whose status is under review - lies on 58.58 square meters of land in Narathiwat province."

 

Misprint? Does this park measure less than 6 X 10 meters? With beachfront? ????

I have corrected the mistake in translation... it should read square kilometres (or kilometers).

[AlfHuy]

I even will refuse to enter Tesco now as lately, I saw a new shop opening and it said "Croc(s)".

[AlfHuy]

In Phuket and Koh Samui, they are even competing with the local "taxi" mafia.

You can get a ride for 15baht.

[topt]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

The park - whose status is under review -

Anybody know why it's under review. Presumably an ongoing process before the croc was spotted?

[Peabody]

The odds of injury by croc are orders of magnitude lower than injury by COVID.

Any COVID deniers willing to take a swim near this thing?

[Prairieboy]

17 hours ago, LawrenceN said:

"The park - whose status is under review - lies on 58.58 square meters of land in Narathiwat province."

 

Misprint? Does this park measure less than 6 X 10 meters? With beachfront? ????

Perhaps a re-read of the OP - 58.58 square kilometers of land

Edited December 30, 2020 by Prairieboy

[MarcelV]

My girl told me about it this morning. As we live in Narathiwat, not far from the beach, it is interesting news for sure.