Nile crocodiles... rest assured!

For those who catch small crocodiles from the Nile and its branches, which are said to have passed from the High Dam, and are very happy with them as if they are Lulu dogs and will not grow, it would be good to know these three pieces of information:

The Nile crocodile is the second largest reptile in the world after the saltwater crocodile in Asia1. The length of an adult Nile crocodile reaches 6.1 meters, and its weight reaches 1090 kilograms (a ton and a bit)1.

Biologists classify the Nile crocodile as a highly aggressive animal from the apex predators, meaning the top of the food pyramid1. No animal feeds on it because it is in constant conflict with lions, tigers, and hippos1. It attacks anything edible that comes within its vicinity1. Most of the films you have seen of crocodiles eating deer, monkeys, and wild buffalo, all of these were filmed in Africa and these are Nile crocodiles1.

The Nile crocodile is classified by the Britannica Encyclopedia as a highly intelligent animal1. It is not safe from animals with high speed (movement snatchers), meaning animals that possess instantaneous movement like certain types of very fast birds1. All of these are not safe if they are close to it, even at a distance equal to the full length of its body, which is 6 meters1.

It is classified globally as one of the most deadly animals to humans1. The World Health Organization estimates the deaths from it in Africa in the hundreds every year, in addition to cases of amputation and severe cuts1.

The egg of the Nile crocodile is all 5 cm1. And it hatches something like a snake or a large lizard1. But when it grows after a few years, it becomes the size of a room1.

So, for God’s sake, no one should hunt it and think of raising it1. Because when it grows, it will eat you and your family without thinking1. And no one should think that he will carry it on his shoulder like Amitabh’s crocodile1. That’s an Indian small crocodile1. The Nile crocodile is several times larger1. And if it saw that Indian, it would eat from it until it was satiated1.

If we take the word of the Ministry of Health that these crocodiles are farm crocodiles and escaped to the Nile, and they are not the Nile crocodiles that are in Lake Nasser and beyond, then rest assured1. But not very much1. So whoever finds a small one should take it to the zoo1. And whoever finds a big one should take his tail in his teeth and say "good riddance"1.

Update: Senior doctors from the Ministry of Health came out yesterday and said that the crocodiles are from Lake Nasser, not from the farms1.