Monday February 7, 2011
MUAR: A crocodile was spotted near a flooded house where geese and ducks are reared.
The reptile, measuring at least 4m in length, was seen by a team of Rela members who were patrolling Kampung Tanjung Olak near Jorak at about 7pm on Saturday.
Team member Kamaruddin Ahmad said they were in a boat when they spotted the crocodile.
“We first thought it was a log but when it moved against the current and headed towards a house, we knew it was a crocodile,” he told reporters yesterday.
Kamaruddin said that following the sighting he had alerted the villagers and told them not to go to their flooded homes alone and at night.
A villager, Munir Ahmad, said Kampung Tanjung Olak was located near Sungai Muar and crocodiles had been sighted before.
However, he added, the reptiles had not attacked anyone since a big crocodile was caught by a well-known hunter, the late Togom Lanang, in the early 1950s.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/2/7/nation/8014489&sec=nation
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