About this time last year, a couple of the camp cleaning staff reported seeing a baby crocodile in the pond that surrounds the mess hall in the Village camp. For months, the Environmental department tried to spot him/her, but she always managed to hide when they were looking. Eventually its existance was confirmed via phone photos. Traps were set and the Enviro Reps spent weeks trying to net her but to no avail. After much discussion (and the loss of most of the Koi from the pond), it was decided that she could stay and the loss of the non-native fish was a small price to pay.
When first seen, she/he was less than 12 months of age and no-one could work out how a tiny baby croc had made its way from the nearest known croc habitat over 40km away, over arid semi-desert land, into our camp but it was thought it might have come in via some water pipes. Now Brucey/Lucy is coming up for 2 years old and is about 2.5-3ft long. He/she is a fixture in the camp and comes out to sun herself most evenings on his/her favourite rock:
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