THE Meanest REPTILE ALIVE
« Donald Strydom runs the Kinyonga Reptile Centre, formerly known as Swadini Reptile Park, which was founded in 1984. He has been involved in the filming of approximately 50 documentaries and has worked with Sir David Attenborough. Through the Kinyonga Reptile Centre, Donald has established the Help Endangered Reptile Project (HerP), which focuses on conservation through education and research.
“They appeared on earth during the Late Triassic period, about 200 million years ago, and have hardly changed in design since.”
ancient Greek, crocodiles were called , ‘pebble-worms’, creatures that shuffle around and lurk in low places. They appeared on earth during the Late Triassic period, about 200 million years ago, and have hardly changed in design since. If you choose to be afraid of a reptile, don’t be afraid of snakes, be afraid of the African Nile crocodile – snakes generally don’t eat people, crocodiles do! Of all the world’s reptiles, crocodiles are the most intelligent by far and they will use this intelligence to hunt prey, among other things. We are most certainly seen as prey! Unlike most reptiles, the
