Wild Crocodile Series

[spidey89]

your patience is admirable..
Not to mention your bravery!

Nice captures there.. I consider myself lucky to have seen one in the wild before too.. But after telling people it seemed whitish in colour, got a few warnings to be careful.. :dunno:

why have to be careful if it's whitish in colour?

 

[yetfie]

In responding to Arcanic's question on what happened eventually to the monitor lizard in the photo, i created this time series set. Picture says it all

 

[psyk1]

why have to be careful if it's whitish in colour?

some old superstition or something like that..

anyway, monitor lizards can to a considerable size too.. I wonder which would be scared off if they are both about the same size..

 

[Revad3]

I like 4 and 5, look like earth vision animal portraits kind of shots

:thumbsup:

 

[yetfie]

hi psyk1,

i think i might just have the answer for you regarding "who's afraid of who" if both monitor lizard and crocodile are about the same size.

[top photo]
this croc swam from one side of the water towards the monitor lizard after spotting it walking on the mud bank. As you can tell from the photo, the monitor lizard is as big, if not bigger, than the croc in the water.

[bottom photo]
this croc strikes a sudden attack on the monitor lizard on shore (feels very ''Animal Planet'' when taking these photos). Monitor lizard managed to run away.

(please pardon the image quality as these fotos were taken using my old camera equipments and turning-dark sky)

 

[yetfie]

i received some enquires in my private inbox and personal email asking about my equipment used for taking the croc photos. i thought some of you may be interested to know too.

Pict 1 - Canon 40D with 50-500mm Sigma Lens
Pict 2 - Canon 40D with 50-500mm Sigma Lens
Pict 3 - Canon 40D with 50-500mm Sigma Lens
Pict 4 - Canon 30D with 50-500mm Sigma Lens
Pict 5 - Panasonic FZ50

Pict 6 - Panasonic FZ30
Pict 7 - Canon 40D with 50-500mm Sigma Lens

Pict 8 - Canon 40D with 50-500mm Sigma Lens

Pict 9 - Panasonic FZ30
Pict 10 - Panasonic FZ30

 

[~Arcanic~]

wow, really nice series there... as far as i know crocs... i dun think size is a matter to them, as long as it fits into their mouth, i think its food for them.

 

[yetfie]

hi Arcanic,

even if it doesn't fit into the mouth, the adult croc will typically drag their prey into the water and perform a 'death-spin' to tear the food apart. they will then 'soften' the bigger portion of the prey/food by keeping them in the water-bed before eating them again.

sounds scary, doesn't it?

 

[yetfie]

2 more photos for the croc fans! enjoy. both taken using canon40D and bigma lens.

you may also like to view my other photos here -> Clubsnap Gallery - Yetfie

 

[psyk1]

hi psyk1,

i think i might just have the answer for you regarding "who's afraid of who" if both monitor lizard and crocodile are about the same size.

[top photo]
this croc swam from one side of the water towards the monitor lizard after spotting it walking on the mud bank. As you can tell from the photo, the monitor lizard is as big, if not bigger, than the croc in the water.

[bottom photo]
this croc strikes a sudden attack on the monitor lizard on shore (feels very ''Animal Planet'' when taking these photos). Monitor lizard managed to run away.

Another WOW moment there! Thanks for satisfying my curiosity.. :thumbsup:

Seems like crocs dunno the meaning of fear.. Everything is just food to them.. On a sidenote, I remember watching this episode on discovery channel or animal planet, where they simulated a croc going against a great white.. very interesting show..

 

[yetfie]

One more for everyone. Enjoy!

 

[Pokka]

did u inform the ava of these wild crocs?

 

[agentmonkey]

been following your thread for a couple of days man...really fascinating photos... part of me wants to try searching for them...the other half thinks its a foolish idea...never knew we had such big crocs in singapore

do you guys think it's a good idea to inform the ava? or best to let these reptiles be?

 

[yetfie]

as we all know, it's extremely hard to spot wild crocs in SG due to urbanization, land reclamation and reservoir projects.

what u saw, were collectively hours of more than 1000 hrs of patience, hunting, waiting and lots of luck for past 3-4 years. in fact, even with my specialization in shooting these animals, i probably can only find 1 out of 20-30 times - that's still lucky considering every single trip was carefully planned with calculation of weather, tides and 'best spots' guess.

so dun worry about them being around, they r at most 'passing-by'. you got much higher chance in striking 4D than spotting the croc, not to mention being bitten by one.

if i wanted to inform ava, i would hv sent them to the press and not post them on Clubsnap - "world of nature" section right?

 

[agentmonkey]

if i wanted to inform ava, i would hv sent them to the press and not post them on Clubsnap - "world of nature" section right?

no la, i mean, would it be a good idea to inform the ava about these crocs out of civic responsibility? even after your posts here...or in your opinion, do you think it's best to just leave them alone?

 

[yetfie]

to leave them alone. there's no way to trap nor catch them in the open waters. it's probably marine police's territory

 

[photoedit]

to leave them alone. there's no way to trap nor catch them in the open waters. it's probably marine police's territory

I think it is a good decision. We have so little nature left - let's not capture all and put in the zoo. I am very thankful that someone has the patience and skill to take photos and let people view, but I do not want these last frontiers of natural life to be detrioyed by "well-meaning" authorities.

As long as no one needs to actually go and invade these gator/croc territorities, let them live in peace. It's hardly likely they'll come wandering around to hunt for food in the HDB estates.

 

[Daedalus Trent]

to leave them alone. there's no way to trap nor catch them in the open waters. it's probably marine police's territory

:thumbsup: leave them as they are


doubt anyone's gonna swim up there and poke them (if they do, they deserve to be bitten!)
Besides, these crocs are prolly afraid of us humans

 

[yetfie]

:thumbsup:

 

[brandon93]

hi, i'm a nparks volunteer ( Sungei buloh), you can find croc at sungei buloh wetland reserve. Look out at the main bridge when its low tide