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(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.

(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.


(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.

(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.


(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.

(6) Saltwater crocodiles are bold and soon learn to come for food - in this case poultry offal.

(7) Juvenile crocodiles can withstand crowding provided that [he enclosures are kept clean.

(8) It takes skill and courage to catch crocodiles this way. The earth pool could not be drained.

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.

(10) A wet sack is used to cover the crocodile's head so that it can be handled and the jaws tied.

(11) These hatchlings had crowded together beneath I board for seclusion

(12) New Guinea freshwater and saltwater crocodiles in their fourth year.

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