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10/12/2023

📷The keratin scales of a curled ground pangolin. Kenya. © Jörg Reinecke (Photographer of the Year 2023 entry)

08/12/2023

Our latest production about the Lumo Community Wildlife Conservancy and the Lions Bluff Lodge in the Tsavo Eco System. Camera/Drone: Andreas Knausenberger, Sound:…

25/11/2023

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When a Nile Monitor act like a Komodo Monitor!

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27/12/2022

Bush meat trade is causing severe threat to wildlife populations in Kenya. It's consequences includes decline of wildlife populations, local disappearance of many species and associated ecosystem functionality.

21/12/2022

Naked mole-rats seem to defy ageing and appear immune to cancer. Scientists are studying these strange creatures to understand how humans can live healthier, longer lives.

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How Common are Crocodile Attacks?

Crocodiles are fierce creatures with rows of razor-sharp teeth (80 to be exact) and powerful jaws. They wait underwater at the water’s edge for unsuspecting prey to stop for a quick drink. With their muscular tails, they thrust themselves out of the water, jaws open, and chomp down, dragging the prey back into the water. With a “death roll,” the crocodile flips the prey over and over until it drowns. Then the crocodile uses its teeth to rip parts of the prey apart and swallow the chunks whole. If the prey in this scenario is human, you can imagine why people are scared of crocodiles. Most attacks happen in remote areas of Africa.

How common are crocodile attacks?

It is difficult to document how many crocodile attacks happen each year due to the number that happens in remote areas and is unreported but based on research, there are around 1,000 crocodile attacks a year that result in death. Numbers are probably much higher based on the number of crocodiles that occur in Africa.

With most crocodile attacks occurring in the sub-Saharan Africa, there are large concentrations of aggressive Nile crocodiles along major waterways that thousands of people use daily. When there is a high concentration of people and crocodiles, there is an increased chance of animal-human conflict.

What are the deadliest crocodiles?

The Nile and Saltwater crocodiles are the deadliest. They are the largest crocodile species and the most aggressive. They also occur in the most remote areas and around large populations of people using the same waterways that they live in.

Saltwater crocodile: Saltwater crocodiles can grow to be 20-23 ft with the average size being 16 ft long. They are documented to be the deadliest, but it is likely that more people are killed by Nile crocodiles but are undocumented.

Nile crocodile: Nile crocodiles can grow to be 16 ft long with the average being 11 ft. Statistically, Nile crocodile attacks end with more fatalities.

Why do crocodiles attack?

There is usually a distinction made between provoked and unprovoked attacks when it comes to animal - human conflict...

Research on the Nile crocodile showed that 55.3% of the victims were swimming, bathing, or crossing the river with cattle. A situation where you have to cross a river with your cattle to insure the livelihood of your family is very different than trying to catch an alligator for an epic selfie.

Besides not wanting to be caught, crocodiles can attack for a variety of reasons including:

1. Defend their nest or babies
2. Defend their territory
3. For food
4. Mistaken identity
5. To protect itself

In regions where people have to risk their lives to survive, the authorities work to keep people safe with education programs like teaching communities safety tips for being in and around water. Best part is, unless you decide to “attempt to capture” a , you should be pretty safe.

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