NAKHON RACHASIMA: Authorities at Khao Yai National Park have given a stern warning to vacationers, ordering them to stop taunting the park’s pair of two-meter-long crocodiles.
The warning got here after officers spotted guests tempting the beasts with their ft.
The reptiles first hit the headlines final yr when they had been seen swimming around a waterhole within the park, which isn’t a natural habitat for crocs.
The pair have since turn out to be a tourist attraction in themselves. Park authorities initially deliberate to catch the animals and take them to another park better suited to their way of life, but as they appeared to be thriving in Khao Yai and never damaging the pure surroundings, they had been allowed to stay.
Now park authorities fear that a tourist may lose a leg or even their lives to the crocodiles.
Khao Yai National Park chief Manot Kanphanakngan described the behavior of some tourists as “very worrying.”
Many vacationers stop to try to spot the crocodiles. Often, if Fast can’t be noticed, vacationers dangle their feet into the pond to attempt to attract them. Others use sticks to hit the water to get the attention of the crocodiles before running away when they approach.
Some foolhardy guests await the crocodiles to approach, then hit them on the top with a stick before fleeing for their lives, Mr Manot mentioned.
The vacationers have no idea just how harmful crocodiles may be, he stated.
The crocodiles could easily chunk off a person’s leg with a single chomp and even rip their heads off.
Humans aren’t the one primates with good reason to remain clear of the crocs.
Recently one of the beasts bit in half a monkey that strayed too close to the water’s edge, he stated.
Also worrying is the crocodiles’ behavior of coming out to bask near a well-liked camping space..