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June 30, 2004

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Hong Kong's most famous tourist attraction, the Yuen Long crocodile, is being remarkably ungrateful now she's in a cage. The Standard reports she is suffering from "capture myopathy", which very much sounds like "I don't like being in a zoo" disease for animals. The Standard finishes its report with a brief summary of the capture of the croc:

During its time on the run, the reptile evaded capture by the world's most famous crocodile hunter, Australian naturalist John Lever, and successfully eluded hunters from the mainland.

The government spent HK$300,000 trying to capture the animal but was pipped to the post by a Yuen Long farmer who trapped it with fish netting.

I bet I know someone who would dispute "the world's most famous crocodile hunter" crown. But in the end it is good to know that modern technology couldn't beat a farmer with a net and spear. I wonder if he sent an invoice to the Government?

posted by Simon on 06.30.04 at 09:57 AM in the




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It's a crocodile, just bash it on the head with a cricket bat and turn it into a pair of fake goochi handbags.

$300,000 HK that's a lot of cash, what did they do, bait traps with serlion steak

 posted by: Angry Chinese Blogger on 06.30.04 at 12:17 PM [permalink]




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