some of the crocs and gators

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Time for the big guys, these are some of the crocs and gators i work with.

first up the gators

young female



older female



another girl



close up of a young male



adult pair



investigating the croc



cuviers dwarf caiman



baby spectacled caiman

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spectacled caiman





nile crocodiles

baby





adult male and female, when the male came to us he had pretty much no teeth, we have had him for a good few yrs now and he has finally regrown them all.



jumping

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more nile pics

breeding





and last but not least,

male salt water crocodile, was still in his quarantine tank when this was taken



Hope you like.

[Little Wise Owl]

Great photos, Thanks for sharing!

I'm jealous that you get to work with this awesome beasts

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Originally Posted by Little Wise Owl

Great photos, Thanks for sharing!

I'm jealous that you get to work with this awesome beasts

Thank you, out of all of them my favorite now has to be the baby nile croc, we have only had him around a month now, but he already jumps for his locusts, watches you as you do everything and swims straight over when you open up the tank, within ten minutes of putting him in he was smashing food down, just has no fear, and is so bold, great little character.

[BarelyBreathing]

They are lovely. I love the eye picture.

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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

They are lovely. I love the eye picture.

Thanks, i am a big fan of macro shots, love doing eye pictures and head shots, the eyes show so much detail, it is rare they stay still long enough to get a great one up close though lol.

[Lankyrob]

Awesome. Can i ask where you work?and do you allow visitors?

[moshirimon]

Amazing pictures, love the Niles. I really enjoyed looking through these

[alessia55]

I especially like the little dwarf caimans

[jarich]

Wow, where do you work?! Getting to work with crocodilians is a dream of mine. Possibly the only animals as cool as monitors...

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Awesome. Can i ask where you work?and do you allow visitors?

I work in essex, we used to have our big place open for display, but have closed it now, as we are opening a new larger premises in the summer, this will be open to the public to come down and view all the big crocs and a lot of other species aswell

Originally Posted by moshirimon

Amazing pictures, love the Niles. I really enjoyed looking through these

Thank you, the niles are great. I do love the characters of the gators aswell though lol.

Originally Posted by alessia55

I especially like the little dwarf caimans

They are quite cute at that size, mean looking as adults though.

Originally Posted by jarich

Wow, where do you work?! Getting to work with crocodilians is a dream of mine. Possibly the only animals as cool as monitors...

I actually work at a reptile shop, but we have our own collection of crocs and gators for display, i was quite lucky to get the chance to work with them, not many people do over here. I'll get my monitor pictures up soon

[shaunyboy]

i will be down south later in the year picking up some Burmese with a friend,if your new place is open,we will pop in on our way down mate

i'd love to see your croc's in the flesh

cheers shaun

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Originally Posted by shaunyboy

i will be down south later in the year picking up some Burmese with a friend,if your new place is open,we will pop in on our way down mate

i'd love to see your croc's in the flesh

cheers shaun

Yea hopefully will be by then, they are even bigger in person lol,

[Mark Taylor]

Well jell mate nice pics.