Hunter Captures Crocodile in Beirut River
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A crocodile was captured in Beirut River several months after more than one reptile were spotted in the area.
The state-run National News Agency reported that the crocodile was caught by a hunter and weighs around 20 kilograms.
The first crocodile was spotted in the area in July was said to be between 3 to 5 years old.
Witnesses had said that “at least three other reptiles of same specie were present in the river.”
The crocodile was described as “one of the most dangerous types of the species.”
It was identified as Crocodylus Niloticus (or a Nile crocodile) and it is among the most dangerous crocodiles in the world.
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03 April 2014, 15:21
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cut down on the captagons ibinladen, you're becoming disturbingly obsessive
03 April 2014, 17:43
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lol next week, sukleen employee finds overgrown sewer rat, releases it after sustaining multiple bite wounds..:)
03 April 2014, 17:52
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Southern, yeah, yeah, I like this thing about @Ibinladen. Now you're going to get Bani real busy as he will be researching the net all night tonight, looking for a suitable avatar. He ran short lately with so many aliases and drawer skeletons, but I'd like to suggest Walid Jombie wearing a Taliban turban, will do good. Looool. Now see how bani will hit the roof.
03 April 2014, 14:10
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Damn these AlQaeda terrorists ! We cannot swim in the Beirut river anymore now ... because of crocs !
03 April 2014, 15:24
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are you okay FC? you usually would accuse HA, something like "since HA men decided they could swim in rivers, then crocodiles decided they would too. why are they capturing the croc and not HA?? [add some more whining to be m14-realistic]"
03 April 2014, 16:06
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Mowaten, i'm imitating you're stupid rhethoric since you seem to have forgotten about Israel and blame everything on Al-Qaeda / Nusra / ISIL / Takfriri / Zombies / Cannibals / Werewolves / Witches / Darth Vador / Skeletor and whatever excuse !
03 April 2014, 20:03
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i said "in rivers" anonyme, i didnt say in beirut river. try the south's rivers, they're very nice, or nahr el assi in hermel.
03 April 2014, 20:04
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FC if you're trying to imitate me, start with the spelling. it's "your" not "you're"
03 April 2014, 20:06
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alternatively anonyme, if you're not comfy going to the above areas, you could try nahr ibrahim, it's rather nice when you go up towards the adonis valley.
wouldnt want you to freak out and drawn if you saw a baby in a black shirt.
03 April 2014, 14:28
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The new Army plan is sparing no outlaw apparently...
No, but seriously: what harm has this poor fellow done...he's just eating leftovers from the slaughter house...I haven't heard any one in Leb being killed by a Croc...Leave this poor fellow alone!
03 April 2014, 15:19
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Make a few handbags out of it, will do the poor croc. a favor actually. Better than languishing in an improvised "zoo". However, will be best to set it loose in parliament firs, hopefully will eat all those corrupt M.P.s once and for all.
03 April 2014, 15:26
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Mazen: I guess the MP and croc joke has been literally milked to the last drop since last year...
03 April 2014, 15:57
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Roar, you mean where Jumblat lives, lol, now see how Bani Maarouf will jump and hit the roof.
03 April 2014, 17:03
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This is nice, we have some nature life in Lebanon. Tourists love these animals
03 April 2014, 18:23
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Well why do you think the lizard goes there? Because it's a good environment, this attracts tourism I know that.
03 April 2014, 18:37
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The Lizards are even multiplying, there has been lots of incidents like this, and i don't think anybody dragged all those here, they left the Nile river, and swam all the way to Beirut, thats why we should leave them alone, nature takes it's course.
03 April 2014, 17:38
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let him be! seriously this is not what the army should be focused on......come to florida if you wish to see real crocs and gators
03 April 2014, 17:44
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They should capture all of them and send them back to Egypt where they belong in their natural habitat before they start multiplying, only then we would face a serious threat.
03 April 2014, 17:49
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"The Nile crocodile possesses unique predation behavior characterized by the ability of preying both within its natural habitat and out of it, which often results in unpredicted attacks on almost any other animal up to a couple of times of its size. Nile crocodiles are apex predators throughout its range. In the water, it is an agile and rapid hunter relying on both movement and pressure sensors to catch any prey unfortunate enough to present itself inside or near the waterfront.[16] Out of water, however, the Nile crocodile can only rely on its limbs, as it gallops on solid ground, to chase prey.[17] Most hunting on land is done at night by lying in ambush near forest trails or roadsides, up to 50 m (170 feet) from the water's edge"
03 April 2014, 17:50
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Above is a wikipedia piece on the Nile Crocodile. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_crocodile
03 April 2014, 18:13
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lappe, I think this is good, in Australia too, they have them all over the place, and not many people die. These lizards mostly avoid humans. If they can have them in Australia and Egypt etc. Then why not Lebanon? I hope these lizards multiply.
03 April 2014, 18:43
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Yes we should preserve the world as it was created. Nature and animals, if i find one of these lizards, I will feed it with sheep meat myself.
03 April 2014, 18:42
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Well Mystic what i can tell you and i am not an expert on natural wildlife is that in Australia there are a variety of other animals they can feed on. In Beirut i'm afraid we do not enjoy of this diversity except for bony stray cats. This will not satisfy our beloved nile crocs.
03 April 2014, 18:53
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In Australia they actually consumer croc meat. Correct me if i am wrong @the_roar. I've only tried Alligator meat and it tasted pretty good.
