Four fat crocodiles including 100-year-old
reptile have died of overeating after a large number
of worshippers threw sacrificial goats and chickens in their pond.
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| The centenarian was found floating upside down in pond |
The centenarian was found floating upside down in pond in Hazrat Khan
Jahan Ali Shrine in south-western Bangladesh. It appeared that visitors
who that feeding the crocodile would guarantee them luck in troubled
economic times overfed him to death with their offerings.
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| A crocodile that was more than one-hundred-years-old has died from being too fat |
“We were aware of the problem but were not sure what to do about
it. The legend is that anybody who feeds the hunger of the crocodiles
will have their hearts desire fulfilled.
People watching and taking pics at the scene where the crocodile lived
Usually it was just a chicken but more recently people have been
offering even more, including goats, believing that big sacrifices meant
more chance of a wish being granted, ” explained keeper Mohammed Sarwar.
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giant crocodile was the last of four in the pond, which legend said was
blessed by a saint in the Bagerhat district in south-western Bangladesh |
Until recently, there were four crocodiles in the pond all of
them had died from obesity related problems. Crocodiles have a lifespan
similar to humans generally living between 70 and 100-years-old, with
one of the oldest specimens dying in a Russian zoo aged 115.
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