Inset: The crocodile caught in the water-filled rice field (Photo: Koh Santepheap)Jun 27, 2008
DPA
Phnom Penh - A Cambodian man fishing for minnows in a shallow rice paddy on the outskirts of the capital accidentally netted a meter-long crocodile instead, local media reported Friday.
Khmer-language Koh Santepheap daily said San Pheakadey, 29, was wading through waist-deep water when he encountered the reptile at around lunchtime Thursday.
Unfazed, he hauled it in, hog-tied it and took it home, the paper said, featuring a picture of the one that didn't get away with the proud fisherman.
Pheakadey has ignored suggestions from his neighbours to eat the animal and is instead keeping it in his front yard until he can find an interested buyer, the paper said.
Koh Santepheap speculated that the croc may have escaped from an illegal crocodile farm near the capital after the country's rivers rose dramatically with the onset of monsoon season.
Khmer-language Koh Santepheap daily said San Pheakadey, 29, was wading through waist-deep water when he encountered the reptile at around lunchtime Thursday.
Unfazed, he hauled it in, hog-tied it and took it home, the paper said, featuring a picture of the one that didn't get away with the proud fisherman.
Pheakadey has ignored suggestions from his neighbours to eat the animal and is instead keeping it in his front yard until he can find an interested buyer, the paper said.
Koh Santepheap speculated that the croc may have escaped from an illegal crocodile farm near the capital after the country's rivers rose dramatically with the onset of monsoon season.
4 comments:
I urge all paddy farmers to be careful; if there are crocodiles in the paddies, the lives of paddy farmers are in danger. Everyone should now put extra effort to get rid of crocodiles in the paddy fields.
Oh my god that's my crocky.I lost it a month ago.
Notice the resemblance. The crocodile looks just like Hun Sen.
Yes, but that is exactly what we needed to keep gorilla in check and balance. I can't imagined without a strong leader like PM Hun Sen.
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