Tuesday 4 February 2020

Your Mission,

should you choose to take it,


 is to remove the tyre from the crocodile, not an easy task when the animal is 13,(unlucky for some) feet long, Indonesian officials are offering a monetary, (unspecified), reward to whoever manages to remove a motorcycle tire from the neck of the crocodile, the full-grown crocodile has reportedly been wearing the tire around its neck since 2016, but authorities in Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi, are worried that it may end up strangling the reptile, so they are turning to the public for help,

“A reward will be given to anyone who can release the hapless reptile,” Central Sulawesi BKSDA chief Hasmuni Hasmar said, adding that he was not asking amateurs to hunt down and take on a potentially deadly crocodile, but rather people with a background in wildlife rescue, “We’re asking the general public not to get close to the crocodile or disturb its habitat,” Hasmar clarified,  the Antara news agency reported that the crocodile may be a Siamese crocodile, a species native to South-Eastern Asia, that happens to be critically endangered with around 1,000 specimens living in the wild,

You might be wondering why a tranquilizer gun can not be used, well, UK newspaper The Telegraph reports that the risk of it swimming away before the drugs take effect is too high, and presumably possibly drown, so they basically need someone who can immobilize the reptile without tranquilizing it, and remove the tire, so if you are short of a few Indonesian rupiahs and fancy an action packed, adrenalin pumping, dangerous holiday, pop down to Palu, Indonesia, and try freeing it of the rubber necklace it’s been wearing for years.


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