Monday, February 11, 2013

Current Event #5: Giant Croc


There exists a small, remote town in the Philippines known as Manila.  Lately this town has been gaining a lot of notice due to the fact that in the ecotourism park there lived a giant crocodile.  It was almost like a pet to the people of the town, even though several deaths have been attributed to it.  It's name was Loyola.  Loyola was 17ft. long and nearly 1 ton, and at the date of her death, nearly 50 years old.  The whole province is in mourning over the loss of their giant crocodile.  The body is going to be put through an autoposy to find out the reason of the death. At the moment the body is being kept in a muesum so that tourists keep coming to this little known town.  The Guiness World Records last year named Loyola as the largest salt water crocodile ever.

I feel that it is a shame that the animal died, though have to wonder why so many people loved it even though it caused several deaths among the people of Manila.  I feel that it is wrong to keep the body on display, the body should be laid to rest, not an exhibit in order to attract more people.

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