People are allowed to hunt crocodiles at certain times to reduce their numbers, especially near residential areas and after complaints about affected pets.
In the USA, a record alligator over 4 meters in height was caught in a river in Mississippi over the weekend on the second day of the hunting season. The Daily Star writes about it.
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks posted a picture of the dangerous beast on Facebook. On August 26, a group of hunters caught a record-breaking crocodile, which they called the “birth of nightmares”. The animal was pulled from the Yazoo River in Mississippi and broke the previous state record: its weight was over 362 kilograms and its height was over 4 meters.
“A new state record has been set for longest alligator catch today! Congratulations to Mississippi hunters! They caught this male alligator at a designated hunting area in West Central. He was over 4 feet tall, belly circumference 66 inches, tail circumference 46.5 inches,” the message reads. .
The publication notes that people are allowed to hunt alligators at certain times in the state, especially near residential areas and in an effort to reduce their numbers following complaints about affected pets. This animal was caught only on the second day of the hunting season.
Mississippi’s previous record was broken in 2017. The animal was almost the same length but much lighter in weight.
One woman commented on her Facebook post, “Nightmares are born.”
One of the hunters, Don, described the seven-hour battle for the record as “psychologically exhausting.”
“We tied it up eight or nine times and it broke every time. It went down, it landed, and then it took off. It kept getting under the logs. He knew what he was doing. The most surprising thing was: he stayed in the same place,” he told the Clarion Ledger newspaper.
Finally, they managed to get the crocodile on the boat at around 03:30 in the morning.
Another hunter added, “We immediately noticed that there was a large crocodile in front of us. We were amazed at how wide its back was and how big its head was. To be honest, that was unrealistic.”
Previously Focus He reported that 40 crocodiles had eaten the owner of a reptile farm in Cambodia. According to the police, the animals tore off the man’s arms and legs, and his entire body was covered with bite marks. The deceased had been asked to stop breeding reptiles for years, but he continued and even headed the local alligator farms association.
It was also learned that the Australian survived the attack of the crocodile. In an interview with local reporters, the victim said that at first she thought she had been attacked by a shark but later realized she was dealing with a bloodthirsty reptile.
Source: Focus
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