Owlscrying Posted January 1, 2009 #1 Share Posted January 1, 2009 An American alligator has been found wandering around a scout camp on the Australian south coast, leaving wildlife experts baffled as to how it arrived there. The 5ft reptile was caught when holidaymakers trapped him in a volleyball net and held its jaws shut with gaffer-tape after it had been spotted stalking the campsite in Pambula, New South Wales. Police were called to the scene at the Noonameena scout camp and found a group of people holding down the reptile. Police initially assumed they had a saltwater crocodile, a native of Australia's tropical north, but animal experts later discovered it was an alligator belonging to a species native to the south-eastern U.S. Alligators tend to live in freshwater and have wide u-shaped snouts, where as crocodiles are usually found in saltwater. They have longer, pointy snouts. Police said checks have revealed that no one was licensed to keep either a crocodile or an alligator in the area and said they were still investigating where the alligator came from. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattshark Posted January 1, 2009 #2 Share Posted January 1, 2009 An American alligator has been found wandering around a scout camp on the Australian south coast, leaving wildlife experts baffled as to how it arrived there. The 5ft reptile was caught when holidaymakers trapped him in a volleyball net and held its jaws shut with gaffer-tape after it had been spotted stalking the campsite in Pambula, New South Wales. Police were called to the scene at the Noonameena scout camp and found a group of people holding down the reptile. Police initially assumed they had a saltwater crocodile, a native of Australia's tropical north, but animal experts later discovered it was an alligator belonging to a species native to the south-eastern U.S. Alligators tend to live in freshwater and have wide u-shaped snouts, where as crocodiles are usually found in saltwater. They have longer, pointy snouts. Police said checks have revealed that no one was licensed to keep either a crocodile or an alligator in the area and said they were still investigating where the alligator came from. Source I'm thinking illegal pet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benz Posted January 2, 2009 #3 Share Posted January 2, 2009 doesn't take a genius to figure out what happened here... Gator stolen from zoo at a young age and when it got to big it was released into the wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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