• Question: @ed do you think i could start breeding crocodiles in english rivers if i kept trying?

    Asked by rushivyasausage to Edd on 20 Jun 2011.
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      Edward Codling answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      There is a guy in the UK already doing this – although he keeps his crocs locked up safely!

      http://www.crocodilesoftheworld.co.uk/

      His visitor centre does school trips so perhaps you could persuade your teacher to do a class trip!

      I am not sure how easy it would be for crocs to breed in the wild in the UK – they need large areas of water free from disturbance. I think the temperature would probably be just about okay (crocs actually like it to be relatively cool to breed), although the eggs would obviously have to be kept warm.

      The biggest problem you would have would be people trying to get near the crocs and disturbing them – they are quite an eye-opener and people would want to see them!

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