Our Visit to the Madras Crocodile Bank

About 20 minutes south of our home is the Madras Crocodile Bank. It was built about 30 years ago on some land that originally was beach. They started with just a few crocs, and now they have hundreds with several different species. Plus snakes and turtles. The kids and I took an afternoon to visit.

As usual, we were the only white people there and had several friendly people introduce themselves and inquire about where we were from, etc. There was a local cable station there doing a piece on the crocodiles and ended up interviewing us about our experience and the bank, etc. Fortunately we don't have cable so we didn't get to see our hot, sweaty, insecure faces!

I don't think India has the same public property safety codes that the U.S. does. There were several questionable places just waiting for an accident. Luckily, it was so hot that the crocs seemed pretty lethargic and didn't move much or stayed in the water.

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