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Johnie the crocodile is surburban family's pet
news ^ | October 14, 2009 12 | Kelly Ryan

Posted on 10/13/2009 3:10:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono

WHEN Johnie the croc wants walkies, her owner makes it snappy.

Johnie - a female - rules the roost at the Lowing home.

Her favourite time of the day is meal time, the Herald Sun reports.

"She's just like a cat or dog in that she knows when the fridge door opens there is a good chance of a snack, so she shuffles in for a feed," Vicki Lowing said.

Chicken wings are her favourite, along with whiting and red meat.

Ms Lowing said her son Andrew, 15, and Johnie, 13, experienced sibling rivalry.

"Sometimes Andrew goes to have a shower after school and Johnie's already in there and not keen to share the space," she said.

Andrew turns on the cold water tap and watches the cranky croc beat it....

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: crocodile
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1 posted on 10/13/2009 3:10:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

They think of Johnie as “family.”

One day Johnie is going to think of the family as “lunch.”


2 posted on 10/13/2009 3:11:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: JoeProBono

This will all end in tears.


3 posted on 10/13/2009 3:13:05 PM PDT by discostu (The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression)
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4 posted on 10/13/2009 3:14:15 PM PDT by earlJam
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To: discostu
"This will all end in tears."

And they won't be crocodile tears ;-)

5 posted on 10/13/2009 3:14:27 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: JoeProBono
reincarnation of Timothy Treadwell.

"I think (these grizzly bears) have been misunderstood."

6 posted on 10/13/2009 3:17:00 PM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: earlJam

LOL! These people are insane. I could see an alligator but crocs are mean as he*ll.


7 posted on 10/13/2009 3:17:13 PM PDT by Frantzie (Do we want ACORN running America's health care?)
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To: MarMema

Yep, that’s what happens when you voluntarily give up your spot at the top of the food chain.


8 posted on 10/13/2009 3:18:47 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: JoeProBono

This will end badly.


9 posted on 10/13/2009 3:19:24 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: JoeProBono

They should have gone with a Gator, we are much more friendly and we don’t mind sharing the shower.


10 posted on 10/13/2009 3:32:27 PM PDT by Gator113 (Obamba, Reid, Pelosi, the socialist triad.)
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To: Ramius

It will. Someone needs to pull those kids outta there before they end up as a meal.


11 posted on 10/13/2009 3:33:44 PM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: MarMema
Oh wait, one kid apparently. Sibling rivalry with the croc?

This woman has gone round the bend.

12 posted on 10/13/2009 3:34:30 PM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: JoeProBono

True stupidity is like a force of nature or a train wreck, it has a unstoppable quality to it. All a person can do is stand in awe.


13 posted on 10/13/2009 3:36:44 PM PDT by dog breath
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To: Ramius

The fact that the croc is cranky and barricades the bathroom is like a gun in the first act of a play. Foreshadowing....dumb de dumb dumb


14 posted on 10/13/2009 3:40:04 PM PDT by Pinetop
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15 posted on 10/13/2009 3:40:17 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: JoeProBono

The moonbat and her spawn will be lunch inside of a year. Bank on it.


16 posted on 10/13/2009 3:42:16 PM PDT by oldvike
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To: Roscoe Karns

17 posted on 10/13/2009 3:44:04 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

They should have gone with a Gator, we are much more friendly and we don’t mind sharing the shower.


18 posted on 10/13/2009 3:44:30 PM PDT by Gator113 (Obamba, Reid, Pelosi, the socialist triad.)
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To: JoeProBono

Words fail me......


19 posted on 10/13/2009 3:46:43 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (Man the pitchforks and torches.......let the revolution begin)
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To: earlJam

20 posted on 10/13/2009 3:55:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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