This Bad Boy's Gotcher "Bon Temps" Right Here

Killed by the US Army swimming down a New Orleans street Sunday afternoon.

21 feet long, 4500 pounds, and at least 80 years old.

Specialists say it was probably on the hunt for humans, since it was too old and cumbersome to snag smaller, faster prey.

It's currently on ice at a downtown hotel kitchen. An examination of its stomach is scheduled for this coming Friday.

I apologize if this is redundant; I'm posting from work and I don't have time to do a forum search.

-- jj

Crickey! Lookit the soize of 'im!

somebody tell how the feck a croc get's in NOLA?

NM, that looks to be a gator.

edit * further research pic comparison says that is a croc. Not exactly indigenous to the area????

Holy!!! That thing's HUGE!!!

Me thinks those pictures aren't from New Orleans.

Me too.

Sorry http://www.snopes.com/katrina/photos/crocodile.asp

Regardless...

Crickey!

LOL yeah, my co-worker busted this about 10 minutes after I posted it. She's an amateur herpetologist. Took one look and went "That's a salt-water croc...no way."

Jury stayed out for a few minutes, though...Lake Pontchartrain has been taking in salt water for a few years, trashing the ecosystem and driving conservationists nuts. So a few of us were holding out on "hey, it could happen" principle.

Thanks for clearing it up

--jj

Reminds me of another old crock (as opposed to croc) cajun story ...

Boudreaux been fish'n down by de bayou all day and he
done run outa night crawlers. He be bout reddy to leave
when he seen a snake wif a big frog in his mouf. He
knowed dat dem big bass fish like dem frogs, so he
decided to steal dat froggie.

Dat snake, he be a cotton mouf water moccasin, so he
had to be real careful or he'd git bit. He snuk up behin'
dat snake and grabbed him roun de haid. Dat ole snake
din't lak dat one bit. He squirmed and wrap hisself roun
Boudreaux's arm try'n to git hisself free. But Boudreaux,
he had a real good grip on his haid, yeh.

Well, Boudreaux pried his mouf open and got de frog
and puts it in his bait can. Now, Boudreaux knows dat
he cain't let go dat snake or he's gonna bite him good,
but he had a plan.

He reach into de back pocket of his bibs and pulls out
a pint a dat moonshine likker. He pour some drops into
de snake's mouf. Well, dat snake's eyeballs kinda roll
back in his haid and his body go limp. Wit dat,
Boudreaux toss dat snake into de bayou.

Den he goes back to fishin. A while later Boudreaux
dun feel sumpin tappin on his barefoot toe. He slowly
look down and dare wuz dat water moccasin wif two
more frogs!