{"id":1670,"date":"2012-05-02T12:42:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T11:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=1670"},"modified":"2012-05-01T22:43:07","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T21:43:07","slug":"crocodile-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/1670","title":{"rendered":"Crocodile Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/africa-blog-posts\/africa-blog-posts-18.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crocodile Farm: We spotted quite a number of crocodiles in the wild, but it's hard to take interesting photos of eyes and noses poking out of the water at a long distance. Then I found out about a crocodile farm and animal sanctuary near Victoria Falls, and I thought it would be a good chance to get up close and personal.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">We spotted quite a number of crocodiles in the wild, but it&#8217;s hard to take interesting photos of eyes and noses poking out of the water at a long distance. Then I found out about a crocodile farm and animal sanctuary near Victoria Falls, and I thought it would be a good chance to get up close and personal.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/africa-blog-posts\/africa-blog-posts-19.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crocodile Farm: The farm has two sections; a public zoo-style area and a commercial breeding area. The zoo area had raised walkways so you can look down at the crocs in their pens.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The farm has two sections; a public zoo-style area and a commercial breeding area. The zoo area had raised walkways so you can look down at the crocs in their pens.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/africa-blog-posts\/africa-blog-posts-20.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crocodile Farm: Each pen held about 150 crocodiles. They had about 40,000 crocodiles in total. That's enough for a lot of food, and a lot of handbags!\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Each pen held about 150 crocodiles. They had about 40,000 crocodiles in total. That&#8217;s enough for a lot of food, and a lot of handbags!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/africa-blog-posts\/africa-blog-posts-21.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crocodile Farm: During the tour, our guide dangled chunks of meat above the crocodile breeding pen, and the male crocodile was happy to pose for the camera.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">During the tour, our guide dangled chunks of meat above the crocodile breeding pen, and the male crocodile was happy to pose for the camera.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/africa-blog-posts\/africa-blog-posts-22.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crocodile Farm: The red water isn't blood. It's a chemical added to the water for crocodile skin health reasons.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The red water isn&#8217;t blood. It&#8217;s a chemical added to the water for crocodile skin health reasons.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/travelpodcast\/africa-blog-posts\/africa-blog-posts-23.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Crocodile Farm: These guys look funny.\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">These guys look funny.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>I love to read comments and feedback about my blog posts. Please email me, I reply to every message: luke@juggler.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spotted quite a number of crocodiles in the wild, but it&#8217;s hard to take interesting photos of eyes and noses poking out of the water at a long distance. 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