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    Default "Crocodile" seen in Sengkang river

    http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...184298/1/.html

    "Crocodile" seen in Sengkang river

    By Saifulbahri Ismail | Posted: 21 February 2012 1952 hrs

    SINGAPORE: Sightings of a creature that looked like a crocodile wading in a river got some residents living in the northeastern part of Singapore worried.

    Channel NewsAsia received a hotline call on Tuesday morning that a "crocodile" was seen in the Sengkang river, near the H2O condominium.

    The creature -- which looked like a monitor lizard -- was captured on Channel NewsAsia's camera. It was gliding upstream with its head above water.

    Both the national water agency PUB and animal welfare group ACRES sent teams to the scene to investigate.

    When they got there, the creature had fled the scene and no one could ascertain if it was indeed a crocodile.

    The episode led to the question of who should be contacted if a crocodile were spotted in a neighbourhood.

    Channel NewsAsia ran a check with various authorities and understands if the reptile was found in a river, a canal or any waterway, PUB should be contacted.

    The police said if the reptile was found around the HDB estate, the town council should be alerted.

    But whether it's in water or on land, ACRES said it stands ready to respond to any calls of animals in distress.

    Crocodiles have been seen in public in the past.

    Experts said if the creature spotted in Sengkang river was indeed a crocodile, it is likely to be a species of saltwater crocodile commonly found in Southeast Asia.

    If members of public see such wildlife, they are advised not to go near or provoke the creature.

    - CNA/wk

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    There should be salt water crocodiles in our waters, based on the sightings in this description:

    http://wildshores.blogspot.com/2010/...gei-buloh.html

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    Crocodile swimming - http://www.facebook.com/ChannelNewsAsiaConnect

    Giant monitor lizard swimming - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_4DcsjB8Xo

    Very different - whole body of the creature is underwater with only head slightly protruding out of water, which is very typical of crocodile swimming. So I confirm it's crocodile in the sighting.

    Buaya in Punggol - is this part of FEO advertising for WT?

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    http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...184316/1/.html

    Saw a monitor lizard swimming at the Lorong Halus/Serangoon Reservoir before..

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    It is a monitor lizard, they can be very big.

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    Or it's he other sort of croc? Buaya!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Regulators
    It is a monitor lizard, they can be very big.
    Monitor lizards don't swim so gracefully because they don't hunt in the water. I have already shown the video clip of a large monitor lizard swimming in the water and its head is well above water and it creates water turbulence behind it.

    By the way, there are sharks, abalones and oysters in Singapore waters too - mostly found in the undisturbed and cleaner parts of Singapore waters.

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    There are two crocs at Sungei Buloh. Confirmed one. Many wildlife photographers had shot it

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    They are around means that the natural environment there is quite healthy and there are food to sustain the large predators. We should not be alarmed although we must be careful of going too near the waters.

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    reports have confirmed it is a monitor lizard.

    Quote Originally Posted by hyenergix
    Monitor lizards don't swim so gracefully because they don't hunt in the water. I have already shown the video clip of a large monitor lizard swimming in the water and its head is well above water and it creates water turbulence behind it.

    By the way, there are sharks, abalones and oysters in Singapore waters too - mostly found in the undisturbed and cleaner parts of Singapore waters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hyenergix
    Crocodile swimming - http://www.facebook.com/ChannelNewsAsiaConnect

    Giant monitor lizard swimming - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_4DcsjB8Xo

    Very different - whole body of the creature is underwater with only head slightly protruding out of water, which is very typical of crocodile swimming. So I confirm it's crocodile in the sighting.

    Buaya in Punggol - is this part of FEO advertising for WT?
    Already 90% sold, FEO don't need further advertizing. Furthermore, newspapers already helping them make free advertising with their good sales..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Regulators
    reports have confirmed it is a monitor lizard.
    They caught the lizard or not? Anyway just be careful venturing into the river or wild. Crocodiles do exist in Singapore, not only in the farms.

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