Jumping Crocodiles

Darwin City, named after Charles Darwin - one of the most northern cities in Australia. The town itself is nothing interesting in itself is not so, a couple of streets, where 100,000 people live. Darwin City is renowned for its jumping crocodiles living in Adelaide River.




Local crocodiles are so steep that even learned to live in salt water, and are often chosen in the sea, so swim at the beaches of Darwin is strictly not recommended. By the way, you can not swim, not only because of the crocodiles, but also because of the jellyfish. They burn caused by stinging cells, it can be deadly to humans. According to the Australians, they swim in the pool, not in the ocean ...



Those are 2 and a half streets of Darwin:



In Darwin our cruise ship arrived in the morning of the 1st of January and almost all places in the city were closed. On a tour of the Adelaide River we did not get, but visited a local crocodile zoo. Where you can immerse yourself in an aquarium in a glass box and tease huge crocodile:



If a hungry crocodile, he can attack you and try to bite. Feelings speak very sharp:



Crocodiles in the zoo, much more than the visitors. They can look through the glass hemisphere, which look like giant drops:









The zoo can be free to hold a crocodile in his hands. At this time you photographed, and then you can buy the photo if you like. At the touch of the crocodiles are very soft, gentle and leather:



Besides crocodiles there is a lot of unusual local lizards and reptiles:









In the zoo live a few large crocodiles, many of which were filmed in various blockbusters golivudskih:





At the zoo periodically lead free tours. It begins with the device showing the bite force of a crocodile. The mechanical jaws put a piece of ice:



After pressing jaw imploded and ...



It is interesting to observe the feeding of the crocodiles. Fearless zoo worker pinned a piece of meat on a makeshift fishing pole and went fishing:



A huge carcass jumped out of the water and tried to grab the meat:





Spectators at this time hiding behind the glass:



We moved from aquarium to aquarium unless fed all the giant inhabitants of the zoo:









At the end of the tour visitors began to start up on a bridge inside the tank and crocodiles povylazili from all the cracks:











Anyone wishing issued by rod and 3 slices of meat:



Began fishing:







Crocodiles were very bouncy:









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