Chonburi — Residents of Huay Yai area in Chonburi province were gripped by panic after a two-meter-long freshwater crocodile was spotted sunbathing near a fishpond on February 4th, 2024.

Local officials, including the Huay Yai sub-district Municipality’s disaster prevention and mitigation team, along with over 20 personnel, rushed to the scene in Huay Yai to tackle the situation head-on.

 

After locating the crocodile, the officials decided to use a car battery to deliver a controlled electric shock in the water. This non-lethal method effectively stunned the crocodile, allowing officials to safely retrieve it from the water.

 

By Aim Tanakorn

 

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22 minutes ago, webfact said:

Local officials, including the Huay Yai sub-district Municipality’s disaster prevention and mitigation team, along with over 20 personnel, rushed to the scene

Crocodile Dundee would have single handedly taken care of this....

 

I once got served crocodile meat in Cambodia. It was just about the toughest meat I ever ate, but I rather eat it, than it me.

 

Out of interest, I know there are a lot of Aussies on this forum. I was wondering what stage in a croc's development do we start treating them with respect? At what length do they pose a really danger to our life?

Shocking!

1 hour ago, Nordic summer said:

I once got served crocodile meat in Cambodia. It was just about the toughest meat I ever ate, but I rather eat it, than it me.

 

Out of interest, I know there are a lot of Aussies on this forum. I was wondering what stage in a croc's development do we start treating them with respect? At what length do they pose a really danger to our life?

Their teeth are sharp from day 1.

Up to about 2.5m they can do serious damage but rarely cause adult death.

Above 2.5 they increasingly win, they are regularly around the 5.5m mark in northern Australia and are immense at the size.

Nothing to worry about. This is very common in Florida. They typically stay to themselves. An over reaction, for sure. 

2 hours ago, Nordic summer said:

I once got served crocodile meat in Cambodia. It was just about the toughest meat I ever ate, but I rather eat it, than it me.

 

Out of interest, I know there are a lot of Aussies on this forum. I was wondering what stage in a croc's development do we start treating them with respect? At what length do they pose a really danger to our life?

https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/docs-versus-crocs/8448

43 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Nothing to worry about. This is very common in Florida. They typically stay to themselves. An over reaction, for sure. 

Wouldn't that be an Alligator rather than a Crocodile. A much different beast

 

(This could explain why so many Americans are taken by Crocs in Northern Australia)

3 hours ago, webfact said:

After locating the crocodile, the officials decided to use a car battery to deliver a controlled electric shock in the water. This non-lethal method effectively stunned the crocodile, allowing officials to safely retrieve it from the water.

And shook everything else that lived in the pond..

44 minutes ago, gearbox said:

https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/docs-versus-crocs/8448

If you are a 75kg person attacked by a 3-metre croc, your chances of survival are good: 4 in 5. If the croc is 4 metres, however, your chances have dropped a lot, to a mere 1 in 5. Once a croc hits 4.5 metres, your chances of survival, no matter your size, are negligible.

A few leather belts and a nice crocodile stew.....everyones happy.

The major problem with crocadile attacks is their bite causes massive bacterial infections as they live on dead or decayinng meat.Normally after a kill they leave the carcass at the bottom of the water to rot before eating it. 

That’s just a “nipper” (baby).  My Grandad used to trap them live in Oz mainly for zoos.  
 

Dad has a photo of him when he was a kid next a 21 foot (6.4 metre) specimen that Grandad snared and sent to the Townsville Zoo.   
 

Queensland has protected Crocodiles since 1974 - being the last jurisdiction in Australia to do so.   It’s illegal to hunt them now unless permits are granted - usually for man eaters.  Troublesome ones are caught live and relocated or sent to zoos. 
 

When I was a kid you could hardly spot them - now they are quite abundant in my old home town so caution is required.  
 

Some want hunting re-introduced.   I for one disagree.   It’s their habitat and man must respect that.  Be like shooting all the Tigers because they pose a danger here.  

5 hours ago, webfact said:

the officials decided to use a car battery to deliver a controlled electric shock in the water. This non-lethal method effectively stunned the crocodile, allowing officials to safely retrieve it from the water.

Utter BS, they must have connected some other device like a coil/transformer, a twelve volt battery in water wouldn't stun a even a frog. 

3 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Utter BS, they must have connected some other device like a coil/transformer, a twelve volt battery in water wouldn't stun a even a frog. 

What effect would it have on the fish?

1 minute ago, mikebell said:

What effect would it have on the fish?

None. At a car batteries 12 volts. 

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Panic in Chonburi as Crocodile Found Sunbathing

Let me guess: it was wearing a bikini on temple grounds...

5 hours ago, Nordic summer said:

I once got served crocodile meat in Cambodia. It was just about the toughest meat I ever ate, but I rather eat it, than it me.

 

Out of interest, I know there are a lot of Aussies on this forum. I was wondering what stage in a croc's development do we start treating them with respect? At what length do they pose a really danger to our life?

There is a booth in front of central festival that serves up grilled croc  every afternoon...seem to do a big biz.  Never tried it.

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Nothing to worry about. This is very common in Florida. They typically stay to themselves. An over reaction, for sure. 

In the article they said it was a “Freshwater crocodile” which mostly are not considered capable of taking an adult human. 
However the Crocodylus Porosis is native from northern Australia up to Sri Lanka, lives in fresh or salt water and is not to be taken lightly. 
Alligators are lap dogs by comparison. 

2 hours ago, HighPriority said:

In the article they said it was a “Freshwater crocodile” which mostly are not considered capable of taking an adult human. 
However the Crocodylus Porosis is native from northern Australia up to Sri Lanka, lives in fresh or salt water and is not to be taken lightly. 
Alligators are lap dogs by comparison. 

You are right. Pretty sure the ones in Florida, near housing developments are smaller alligators.