Guest guest Posted August 13, 2004 Report Share Posted August 13, 2004 This message was forwarded to you by yitzeling. Comment from sender: This article is from The Star Online URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/8/10/nation/8627683 & sec=nation ________________________ Tuesday August 10, 2004 KK rangers capture croc in monsoon drain near highway KOTA KINABALU: The capture of a two-metre-long male crocodile in a monsoon drain close to the busy Penampang highway has puzzled Wildlife Department rangers. The “malnourished” reptile weighing about 50kg was snared by the rangers late Saturday. They also set another trap to catch a second crocodile believed to be its female mate. “It is quite skinny and may be about eight years old. I can’t say where it came from or how it reached here. There are many possibilities but I don’t think we will ever know,” Kota Kinabalu Wildlife Department chief Peter Malim said yesterday. He said the public spotted the crocodiles several weeks ago and his rangers set up a three-metre-long cage about two weeks ago. The captured reptile is being kept at the state zoo in Lok Kawi before the rangers decide on whether to release it back into the wild. Malim said the crocodile was probably a wild reptile and not a pet that was thrown into the monsoon drain as speculated by some quarters that have been wondering how it ended up in the drain close to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He said about five to six years ago, there were reports of crocodiles on the prowl near residences close to the Likas Bird Park. It might be possible that the reptiles had made their way through a network of drains over the years to the monsoon drain that was about eight kilometres away, Malim said. “There is also a possibility that these reptiles were from the Petagas River where the existence of crocodiles is known,” he said, adding that they hoped to capture the remaining crocodile soon. <p> ________________________ Your one-stop information portal: The Star Online http://thestar.com.my http://biz.thestar.com.my http://classifieds.thestar.com.my http://cards.thestar.com.my http://search.thestar.com.my http://star-motoring.com http://star-space.com http://star-jobs.com http://star-ecentral.com http://star-techcentral.com 1995-2003 Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Star Publications is prohibited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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