But gators Are not legal in Danmark and I dont Think they Will do Well. Only dwarf caimans, dwarf croc and chinese Gators Are allowed.
Cold water crocs??
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I know, when i get a bigger place i think i will see if its posible to get permit for american gators and then make indoor pond for Them. Maybe try breed chinease gators?
In southern Ontario, it was not uncommon to see large snappers slowly walking along the bottom of swamps under a layer of ice. Their metabolism is so slow in the cold water that they can apparently derive enough oxygen from anal respiration...yeah, that's a thing!
The natural range of snappers extends pretty far north, so of course they are more cold tolerant than most reptiles.But...crocodilians outdoors in Denmark, year round? Hmmm...how about checking a world map or globe? Find the equator...then the range of the Dwarf Caiman...and then the range of the American Alligator...and then the range of any other crocodilian in existence...and then compare those to the location of Denmark...and just think about it.
Anybody ever notice how schemes like this are always posted with the words "Feeder Fish" immediately to the left...?
They waters around my old house was teeming with them! We used to follow them underwater in the Georgian bay. Definitely a cool animalIn southern Ontario, it was not uncommon to see large snappers slowly walking along the bottom of swamps under a layer of ice. Their metabolism is so slow in the cold water that they can apparently derive enough oxygen from anal respiration...yeah, that's a thing!
But...crocodilians outdoors in Denmark, year round? Hmmm...how about checking a world map or globe? Find the equator...then the range of the Dwarf Caiman...and then the range of the American Alligator...and then the range of any other crocodilian in existence...and then compare those to the location of Denmark...and just think about it.
Anybody ever notice how schemes like this are always posted with the words "Feeder Fish" immediately to the left...?
Absolutely true; snappers are amazing critters. In Ontario, a drive on a warm May afternoon would produce numerous encounters with big females crossing the road, looking for sites to lay their eggs. I would always stop the car and take the turtle across the road to try and safeguard it from traffic, as it was amazing to see the number of giant dead snappers run over by cars and trucks at that time of year. They certainly didn't dart out into traffic and get hit; these kills were produced by lowlifes who purposely ran over these turtles, either because they thought they were eating game fish or just for kicks.
Some studies came to the conclusion that snappers in many areas...such as southern Ontario...were on an inevitable slide towards local extirpation, simply because they were killed at a faster rate than their natural reproduction could compensate for. On many occasions over the years, I stopped alongside laying females, waited for them to complete their task, and then dug up the nests and took them home for incubation. When they hatched, the youngsters spent a couple weeks in outdoor tanks and were then returned and released at the closest body of water to the nest site.
This was technically illegal...and eventually I was stopped, thoroughly chewed out and nearly cited by a game warden who caught me releasing a batch of snapperlings. He admitted that it was ethically acceptable, but still told me that if I were ever caught again I would be fined and would have a record...so that was the end of that.
But I still move them off the road on the infrequent occasions when I see them...
Yeah i know. Was just curies after see that they can survive freezing water?In southern Ontario, it was not uncommon to see large snappers slowly walking along the bottom of swamps under a layer of ice. Their metabolism is so slow in the cold water that they can apparently derive enough oxygen from anal respiration...yeah, that's a thing!
But...crocodilians outdoors in Denmark, year round? Hmmm...how about checking a world map or globe? Find the equator...then the range of the Dwarf Caiman...and then the range of the American Alligator...and then the range of any other crocodilian in existence...and then compare those to the location of Denmark...and just think about it.
Anybody ever notice how schemes like this are always posted with the words "Feeder Fish" immediately to the left...?
