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ILLUSTRATIONS
(1) Village pen, Papua New Guinea. The pallisade fence, through well constructed,
is not very durable. Such healthy shade vegetation and well-formed pools can
be maintained only if stock density is slow.
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(2) Tunnelling can be prevented by reinforcing the pool sides with rocks.
Here C. porosus,
at low density, have an excellent channel pool with shade vegetation and open
basking sites.
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(3)ln this small village pen the pool has been squared and bordered with logs
to prevent tunnelling. Shade is provided by coconut leaves over a wooden frame.
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(4) Young New Guinea freshwater crocodilus are reared together with C. porosus.
Here they emerge to eat chopped fish. At this size crocodiles are well pair
the delicate stage.
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(5) Hygiene is of paramount importance in this gharial rearing station, Nepal.
The pools have independent drainage and separate cleaning utensils are used
for each pool. The pens are contained within a netted and partially shaded enclosure.
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(6) Saltwater crocodiles are bold and soon learn to come for food - in this
case poultry offal.
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(7) Juvenile crocodiles can withstand crowding provided that [he enclosures
are kept clean.
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(8) It takes skill and courage to catch crocodiles this way. The earth pool
could not be drained.
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9) Crocodiles can be caught with a noose on the end of a pole when pools cannot be
emptied. However, such disturbance should be kept to a minimum.
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(10) A wet sack is used to cover the crocodile's head so that it can be handled and
the jaws tied.
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(11) These hatchlings had crowded together beneath I board for seclusion
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(12) New Guinea freshwater and saltwater crocodiles in their fourth year.
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