Posted on 09/25/2011 3:41:34 AM PDT by rawhide
Orange is the new green in crocodile style this season.
Snappy, an 8-foot-2-inch crocodile, is sporting haute-couture orange skin and he's looking fabulous and feeling fine!
But it's not really a fashion statement. It's a result of attacking the water filter of his enclosure at Roaming Reptiles animal park in Australia.
"Snappy's pretty territorial and he attacked the filter one day, and a few weeks after that, I noticed he was orange," said owner Tracey Sandstrom in an interview with the Herald Sun.
"It doesn't seem to have affected him at all. He's still got a healthy appetite, is normally aggro and doing everything he always does," said Sandstrom.
A crocodile expert interviewed by the Herald Sun said he believes the croc is in perfect health despite his outrageous new look.
"Our guess is that it is something in the water such as iron or tannins from leaves or some red algae, that oxidises when it dries," Webb said.
Snappy is expected to go back to his normal color eventually.
It seems absolutely fabulous new colors are all the rage in the animal kingdom. Discovery News recently reported on glow-in-the-dark cats.
So much for camouflage.
Nevermind the camo.
$64,000 question; if “Snappy”’s hide were taken at this point, would it stay orange, I wonder.
Handbag designers want to know...
Ready for Halloween.
Why it is ‘evolution’ right before our very eyes...
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm! What a great pair of boots!
Good one;) Ha Ha.
If I have to wear orange while hunting, so should all Crocodiles!!!!!
He just needs to cut back on the sweet potatoes and pumpkins.
I will order a bag and a pair of boots right now!
“Snappy” is all the rage this fall!
Gator Nation! (University of Florida colors Orange and Blue)
And more proof of global warming caused by evil capitalists !
Ah, I had forgotten TOE's step-children, the warmists. Now both 'survive' off capitalists, they just have not figured out how to 'create' capital.
Snappy looks......well, snappy in orange. But who would want an orange pair of shoes?
Get out of my head.
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