Crocodiles Very
Aggressive In
Protecting Their
Young
The
aggressiveness
of crocodiles is
not due to the
mating season,
but rather to
protecting their
offspring,
according to Luz
Denia Barrantes
of the
Asociación de
Especialistas en
Cocodrilos de
Costa Rica (AEC-CR).
Barrantes
explained that
the start of the
rainy season
coincides with
the birth of the
baby reptiles.
Crocodiles are
always
aggressive,
however during
this time of
year the females
much more as
they become
protective.
Earlier this
week a young man
was the victim
of a fatal
attack by a
female croc in
the Cañar river
in Carrillo,
Guanacaste. The
man was swimming
in the river
with several
friends when the
attack occurred.
At first it was
thought that the
attack was
because the croc
was in heat.
Later it was
discovered that
a nesting area
was nearby where
the men
swimming.
Area residents,
in revenge,
caught a croc -
it is believed
the same in the
attack - and
killed it.
Crocodiles in
Costa Rica
normally give
birth between
April and July,
the first months
of the rainy
season, while
the "romancing"
stage of a
croc's life is
between Auugust
to December.
Barrantes
explained that
for every 100
births, only two
of the reptiles
make it to
adulthood. |
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