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Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:02 am
by colmquinn
Re: Gustav the giant cocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:07 am
by Tsukiyumi
Agreed. I watched a program on PBS about this monster; he'd killed dozens of people at that point, and they have video of him purposely evading their traps. He surfaces at one point, takes one look at the cage they built to catch him, and submerges again...
It even kills a hippo at one point
(hippos are extremely dangerous, and crocodiles don't normally go near them).
A fine example of 200 million years of evolution.
EDIT: Now that I actually watched, that is part of the program I saw.
Re: Gustav the giant cocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:34 pm
by Nickswitz
That thing was huge
twice as big as a normal one
that sounds like it could be painful
specially if you tried to run
Re: Gustav the giant cocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:57 pm
by stitch626
God, that thing is a monster.
I think even the Borg would be afraid of it.
Re: Gustav the giant cocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:01 pm
by Nickswitz
They would assimilate it.
THAT would be scary
I would like have to shoot myself or something
That would be amazing though
Cool
Re: Gustav the giant cocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:41 pm
by Sionnach Glic
I'd like to see a Borg try assimilate that!
"Resistance is fut-"
*CHOMP*
Re: Gustav the giant cocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:46 pm
by Nickswitz
youre right
they would have to be faster than most Borg
Re: Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:02 pm
by kostmayer
I love the Wikipedia entry.
"Since he is too big and heavy to catch smaller prey like small mammals and fish, he catches larger, heavier animals like wildebeest, humans and zebra."
Re: Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:04 pm
by Nickswitz
That frightens me
Im never going to Burundi
Re: Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:58 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Nickswitz wrote:That frightens me
Im never going to Burundi
Thankfully, it was never on my list of "places to visit" anyways.
Re: Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:27 pm
by Nickswitz
Me neither
Re: Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:02 pm
by Graham Kennedy
I don't get this. The article says Gustave has killed as many as 300 people. Why has nobody killed this thing?
Re: Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:16 pm
by Tsukiyumi
GrahamKennedy wrote:I don't get this. The article says Gustave has killed as many as 300 people. Why has nobody killed this thing?
Apparently, some have tried; he's got bullet holes and marks all over him... Tough bugger.
Re: Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:24 pm
by Graham Kennedy
Tsukiyumi wrote:GrahamKennedy wrote:I don't get this. The article says Gustave has killed as many as 300 people. Why has nobody killed this thing?
Apparently, some have tried; he's got bullet holes and marks all over him... Tough bugger.
I would think there would be no shortage of rich Americans with 50 cal sniper rifles who would love to fly over and blow his brains out for fun.
Re: Gustav the giant crocoodile
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:47 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Maybe they should err on the side of caution and use an RPG.
