Crocodile Pictures
Crocodile pictures showing the reptile
actually catching something are rare but this one looks like it might
tackle the Egyptian goose that is walking past it.
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Crocodile Wants Goose for Dinner
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Actually, after I snapped this crocodile
picture the goose waded around happily in that area for awhile, ignoring
the set of sharp teeth only a few feet away.
But the goose instinctively knows that a
crocodile which you can see and that is out of the water is not much of a
threat. It's the one you can't see because it is just below the surface of
the water waiting for its chance to strike that you need to really
worry about.
Crocodile
Pictures That Don't Look Like Logs
Ok, I'm the first to admit it. Getting good
pictures of crocodile where they don't look like the stump of a tree lying
around or floating in the water can be tricky.
And because waterholes and rivers in African
National Parks tend to be reasonably far from the road you miss what
otherwise would have made great crocodile photos.
I have seen an elephant chase a croc into
the water and another time the reptiles were catching catfish in plain
view because the waterhole was drying out due to a drought. Would've loved
to get pics of that but in both cases it was too far even for the 400mm
zoom lens that I have on my camera.
So the best way to get decent photos
on your safari is to find a waterhole that is close to the road where
crocodiles have been spotted before and then visit it regularly on the
chance that one of the reptiles will be lying in the sun at a distance
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