Crocodile caught in Black Water Canal in Ho Chi Minh City is a rare and precious species!
The crocodile caught in the Black Water Canal in Ho Chi Minh City was identified as belonging to group IB in the list of endangered, precious, and rare forest plants and animals.
Báo Khoa học và Đời sống•22/07/2025
On the afternoon of July 21, the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department received a crocodile from the People's Committee of Binh Hung Hoa Ward (formerly Binh Tan District), Ho Chi Minh City. This crocodile was caught by the authorities in the Nuoc Den Canal, Binh Hung Hoa Ward at noon the same day. Photo: PLO. After receiving it, the forest rangers of the Ho Chi Minh City Forest Protection Department determined that it was a freshwater crocodile, weighing about 2 kg and measuring about 79 cm long. The animal was taken in for care and rescue according to regulations. Photo: PLO.
The freshwater crocodile has the scientific name Crocodylus siamensis, belonging to group IB in the list of endangered, precious and rare forest plants and animals. Photo: Ton Smits. Freshwater crocodiles are distributed in many countries around the world including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam... Photo: thainationalparks. The habitat of freshwater crocodiles is large rivers and lakes, freshwater swamps, where the water is still or slow-moving. They mainly stay underwater, only coming to the surface on hot days or coming to land to regulate their body temperature. Photo: thainationalparks.
The main food of freshwater crocodiles includes: fish, crabs, frogs, birds and small animals such as mice. Photo: Thor Håkonsen. When fully grown, each freshwater crocodile is about 2.2 - 4m long. They have a long snout, a large and strong tail, a grey body, and a lighter belly than the back. Photo: Scott Bowers. Freshwater crocodiles usually mate from December to March of the following year and lay eggs once a year. Females lay eggs from April to October every year and each time they lay about 15 - 35 eggs. Before laying eggs, they dig a deep hole. Photo: thisfeministrox - some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
After laying eggs in a deep hole, the mother crocodile will incubate the eggs and after about 75 - 85 days the eggs will hatch. The baby crocodiles are born with a body length of about 200 - 300 mm. Photo: Steven Smethurst - no rights reserved (CC0). Readers are invited to watch the video : Discovering many new species in the Mekong River Region. Source: THĐT1.
Báo Khoa học và Đời sống•22/07/2025
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