Crocodiles

A little over a month ago I started to get trained on how to work with crocodiles. This is very exciting as I have really wanted to work with them for some time. I mean, how could I not, the estuarine crocodile is the largest reptile in the world! Here are some pics of the crocs at work:

 Robbie guarding the female "Billabong Belle" while Brad jumps "Snappy Tom"!

Robbie giving "Billabong Belle" a high five! (not really, he was hand feeding her)

 



Brad jumping "Riley", our longest croc at 4.3 meters!


















 Wil's last day at Billabong, hand feeding "Nipper" on land.
                          

Recently Vince, our curator left for a job with parks and wildlife but before he left, he had some fun with "Tipper" aka "Margaret Thrasher", hand feeding her on land.

                                   "Tipper" bit a keeper a while back but she let go... what a sweetie!

"Billabong belle" gracefully jumping into the water.



 

Vince and "Weipa". He can do some really loud jaw slams but he looks pretty bleh. Amazing how much power is still there even in an old crocodile. 

 

 Vince hand feeding Riley on land on his last day.

I have so many pictures of these shows and it never gets old. That is the cool thing about animals, especially large and potentially deadly ones, you never know what's going to happen. :)

Koaaaalas!

People come form all over the world just to look at koalas. They are really cute. Pretty stupid, but cute. Kinda like the Paris Hilton of the animal kingdom. Here are some photos of Bindi, a new mom!

Brand new joey girl! About 22 weeks old.

 Bindi with her joey in the pouch

 The koalas get different branches and types of eucalept everyday but we still like to give them their vitamins. What I'm giving to Bindi is divetalac, it's a supplement and the new joey is very interested!

Bindi and her joey seem pretty curious about my camera...

 Can you think of a better way to start the day than cuddling TWO koalas???!

 

The new joey has just started eating leaves, in about 9 more months she will leave her mom to be a little independent koala!