Another nice surprise at Sungei Buloh

It was the finale of the Young Naturalist Passport Camp at SBWR. Was not feeling well and I left before the camp barely started. As I walked towards the main hide to look for my parents who were nice enough to stay behind, guess what I saw?

The Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)! It was resting like a dead log about 5m away from the main bridge.

This is the largest of all living reptiles and can grow up to more than 8m in length. The one I saw however, was only about 2 - 3 m long. While they can be man-eaters, there are more than enough food in the reserve, and thus they won't usually pose a danger to visitors unless disturbed.

As more visitors crowd around the area and the noise level increases, the crocodile probably felt the disturbance and started to swim further away from the main bridge.

I texted the camp coordinator re the location of the crocodile and later learnt that the children also managed to see the crocodile which was still at the same location after an hour.

Thanks to the appearance of the crocodile, it was a great finale closing to the Young Naturalist Passport camp 2009!