Thursday was beef day for the crocs. Twice a month huge amount of beef that is already chopped into portions arrives and it gets sorted into buckets for different enclosures. The beef is all parts of the cow as it is important for crocodiles to get skin, bones and offal.
The fun part is getting to throw it into the pens and watching the crocs down it in single gulps. They enjoy their beef days very much. My aim got a lot better after a few direct hits of a lump of bony meat straight onto the crocs head - the noise was very loud, being bone landing on bone. I suspect if the crocs could talk, their words would have been unrepeatable. Poor things!
The idea is to ensure that the smaller crocs who don't push forward get their share of the meat too. So long distance throwing of beef is important. I was rather proud of myself when I threw 2 lumps in a row that landed inside the crocs jaws. I think we were in sync with each other.
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| Selecting a piece... |
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| Eyeing up a deserving beast |
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| And throwing it! |
I much prefer the fish feeding days… Beef is a bit stinky and sticky!
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