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1)Now That you know what it feels like to be called rude names, I hope you think twice before you call sombody stupid.
i hope

2) congrats on losing 50 pounds i hope it makes u feel better.

3) im against feeding the crocks.

but i am against stoping it quickly.
I admit im no wildlife expert,and the study done in caye caulker will not apply to our rare crocks.
every colony of crocks is diferent
crocks are wild animals who naturaly inherit there parents habits what this means is even the baby crocks now know
people = food
take in mind that none of these crocks are currently able to hunt for themselvs in the wild because they have been fed for so long.

bad move on our behalf and we are all responsable so long as you know about it and did nothing to stop it.
I think we need to block off the area and fence it off because when we stop feeding them (and we should) is when we start losing dogs and hopfully never!! a child or person

also if people insist on the fact that it brings tourists
not cool whats next manatee hunting

btw there are hundreds of crocks back there even tho we only see a few at a time and with no natural treat to the crocks this numbers will only grow.

its a good idea to make perhaps a place to view them but feeding is not only imoral but causes a massave effect and we as a expanding population can not risk having hungry crocks thinking its our job to feed them.

The same is for every animal feeding other than dogs and cats.

I have to agree with harriet pics are what we need not touching or feeding


but i thank ambergris today for reminding all the people there are things this island needs to consider before taking rash actions. all ambergris today did is report the news thats what they are there for thats why we buy the paper.

The crocs we're talking about aren't fed with the chickens, they're just teased with them. Maybe one of them gets the chicken at the end, but there's very little on it. So cutting off their food supply is not an issue.

Oh, and crocodiles aren't prehistoric creatures. They're as modern as we are, they live in the 21st century. They may have started out 200 million years ago, but they have developed. You might just as well say that insects are prehistoric. It doesn't mean anything.

Good to see that the sniping over the choice of words has kicked in... that's always helpful and constructive.

Just a trivial observation, Tacoboy, no more, no less.

dear lord people! enough already...sheesh...

cant a girl just get a few new pair of croc shoes and a new sassy croc purse oh, and maybe a croc belt, headband and hat...and we can call the croc issue settled...if not morally, at least fashionably!

before you all FREAK THE HELL OUT...i really wont actually kill the crocs to make fashion accessories...i dont even wear rubber croc shoes for fear of potentially offending someone (mostly me)!

on a side note, i drove some boys to the croc pond the other day (locals ive known for years). Told them to be careful with the crocs, told them about the croc story on caye caulker. the 8 year old said, "oh just run like this" (and made a wavy motion with his hand). I told him that only works if you are WAYYYYY ahead...pointed out that the croc can take off faster than a gas golf cart. (MPH means absolutely NOTHING to someone who's lived every day of their life on an island that only recently got a few cars...and only more recently had a road on which they could go faster than 10 mph...let alone 35 - 48)

EDUCATION people...not attacks on each other.

Lets put this to rest and all forgive Ambergris Today, promise not to go to the croc lagoon, not to tip the boys, and to try to give them education. sheesh...low lying fruit folks.

Help Take a Bite Out of Extinction!
Tuesday, July 15
7pm Lions Den

ACES and the Belize Forest Service welcomes Tour Guides, Tour
Operators, and Hotel personnel to attend a two hour presentation
on the protected American Crocodiles. Belize Forest Department
Wildlife Officer, Andre Lopez, will present important information
about Belize's Wildlife Laws regarding protected species; along
with special guest speaker Marisa Tellez, a Zoologist from the LA
Zoo in California and a Crocodilian Parasitological Research
Student at UCLA who is studying at ACES, will talk about these
magnificent present day dinosaurs and their extreme importance
in Belize's ecosystem. Biologist, Cherie Chenot-Rose and Croc
Behaviorist, Vincent Rose, founders of ACES in Toledo will be
available to answer any questions regarding the Croc Sanctuary.
Come learn Croc facts to increase your knowledge for tours! The general public is welcome as well!

LMAO!

Ok, do I dare ask, after page 15 of this rant, where can I get a copy of this article? Someone save it for me!

I'm with travelqueen. I haven't seen a picture of the incident. How many have? I don't think that it is a good idea to sit on a croc. Just waiting for an accident to happen.