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Offline bridmorgan

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Nile Crocs killing everything!
« on: June 29, 2006, 03:13:41 PM »
Whenever I build a croc exhibit, the original pair attack and kill any new ones, including babies. No matter how large or small I make the exhibit. Any idea on how to avoid/fix that?  

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« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2006, 03:16:30 PM »
A male nile croc will kill ANY other adult male in his territory, even if he's the father.

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« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2006, 03:21:57 PM »
Thanks Alpha, I'll return the males to the wild after female lays an egg.

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« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2006, 06:49:49 PM »
Gosh, I use Nile crocs all the time and I've never, ever had one kill another one! That is so strange. Now, I always give them deep water. Do yours have deep water? Do they have enough deep water? It could be a space thing, maybe? In all the years I've had crocs, mixed with other animals, too, I've only had one croc kill another animal, and never another croc. :blink:

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« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2006, 06:53:39 PM »
I have males attack eachother all the times. If I'm lucky enough, I can break it up before one gets killed.

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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2006, 10:53:10 PM »
as we have plenty of topics on animal behaviour this is closed