Hundreds of fishermen have stopped fishing in the Meghna in view of the menace of crocodiles in the river.
On Sunday, fishermen killed a crocodile caught in a net near Hajir Hat in southern coastal Barisal district.
Fishermen yesterday said four other crocodiles were able to flee by cutting the fishing nets.
Mehendiganj sub-district executive officer said that the fishermen killed the crocodile out of fear and ignorance.
Local fish wholesalers said after the incident the fishermen were scared of going to the river. They fear that crocodiles might attack them during fishing.
Fishermen said they have stopped fishing in the Meghna at night due to panic.
An expert said the crocodiles might have lost their way after they came from the creek of the Sundarbans mangrove forest.
Category Archives: Reptiles
The Hattiesburg Zoo mourns an alligator
A longtime resident of the Hattiesburg Zoo has passed away. Gator the alligator died on November eighteenth.
The male alligator weighed eight hundred pounds and lived at the Zoo for more than thirty years. Zoo Administrator, Lori Banchero said Gator came to the Hattiesburg Zoo as a fully grown adult.
She said he had a good, long life because alligators typically live between thirty to fifty years.
“And the zoo staff and myself are all saddened whenever we have a loss of one of our animals here,” said Banchero.
Gator leaves behind his exhibit mate named Little Girl. She is a female alligator. There is no word yet on whether the Zoo plans to find her a new friend.
British School Serves Up Zebra Stew, Crocodile Steaks To Students
A British school was giving its students’ lunches an exotic boost Wednesday with unusual dishes including crocodile steaks, frogs’ legs, wildebeest and zebra stew, local media reported.
Students at the Newline Learning Academy in Kent, southern England, are being served up a different dish every week in a project designed to expand their knowledge of food from foreign countries, The Kent Messenger reported.
The school’s catering manager Thierry Leroy, said, “Obviously this kind of meat is very expensive, so it’s just a taster not a full meal. We try to do something fun, to push the students’ curiosity and get them to try something new.”
The school principal Guy Hewett said, “Trying different foods can help to raise aspirations, in the same way as learning about different countries and getting qualifications.”
First snake bite death in WA since 1998
A 43-YEAR-OLD man has died less than two hours after being bitten on the toe by a snake while sitting at his home computer.
Police believe it was a 30cm juvenile Tiger snake, which would be the first death of its kind in Western Australia since 1998.
Michael Thorpe was at home in Gingin, 80km north of Perth, with his six-year-old daughter on Friday night when he was bitten at about 9pm. Police said he wrapped a towel around his foot and leg and called a friend, who arrived within minutes. The friend found the snake and killed it, but Mr Thorpe’s toe had by then become swollen and blue and he started having difficulty breathing.
An ambulance was called but police said by the time it had finished the 35-minute drive to Joondalup Health Campus Mr Thorpe was unconscious. He was declared dead at 10.52pm.
Gingin Police Sergeant Scott Gillis warned that any delay in calling an ambulance was dangerous. “That allowed the venom to spread more, that he didn’t seek medical attention straight away.” Geoff Isbister, a toxicologist and head of the Australian Snakebite Project at the Menzies School of Health Research, said the most important thing to do after a snakebite was to immediately administer CPR. “In terms of preventing deaths in Australia, a lot have occurred because people have collapsed and not received CPR,” he said. But when they do, they have often survived.”
Wildlife trade brings concerns about human health
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rodents. Venomous snakes. Green iguanas.
Hundreds of nonnative species enter the U.S. each year as unusual pets. But several of these nonnative species kill native wildlife.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Tuesday that the federal government allows imports of a variety of wildlife, conducting few screenings for disease and permitting most shipments to enter without inspection. A report on wildlife imports by the General Accountability Office this month found “gaps that could allow the introduction of diseases into the United States.”
Several states are considering limits on ownership of some species. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission plans next year to consider ways to control several species, such as tegu lizards, monitors and black spiny-tailed iguanas.
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Man dies in crash after driver avoids alligator
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Charges are pending in an accident involving a Collier County man who died after another driver swerved to avoid an alligator on the road.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 27-year-old Steven Lee Purdy of Cape Coral died Monday night when his car was struck by another car trying to avoid an alligator crossing the road. Purdy, who was wearing a seat belt, died at the scene. A passenger suffered minor injuries.
The driver of the other car, Lazaro Zarza of Lehigh Acres, and a passenger also suffered minor injuries.
The accident is still under investigation.
Student finds snake slithering in schoolbag
A Darwin school student received an unexpected shock yesterday when they opened their schoolbag to retrieve their lunch only to discover a snake slithering inside.
The student’s quick-thinking teacher zipped up the bag and called in snake catcher Chris Peberdy to retrieve the reptile.
“I got a call from a concerned school in the Darwin area that one of the students had opened their school bag and much to their surprise realised they had brought with them more than lunch,” he said.
“A snake had crawled in there, possibly the night before, and only showed itself in class.
“The teacher took the bag straight up to the office where it was secured and then rang me and I came straight away.”
He says it is very lucky it turned out to be a non-venomous python.
“Lucky it was only a water python, just newly born.
“So it’s non-venomous, but certainly a close call.”