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    Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over the next few weekends BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.

If you ever needed another reason to be wary of us Aussies...

danthebugman

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Mixed feelings on that. As a person who owns reptiles I think to myself..."Need one of those!". On the other hand I also think..."Incredibly stupid!". That's a wild animal. Sure it's accustomed to human presence, but it's not a domesticated dog. Shoot, even domesticated dogs bite and otherwise injure their owners at times. Crocs are some of the most predatory animals in nature and they can move quick. All it would take would be a wrong movement one day and she's missing some digits at the very least. End soap box.

Dan
 

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Mixed feelings on that. As a person who owns reptiles I think to myself..."Need one of those!". On the other hand I also think..."Incredibly stupid!". That's a wild animal. Sure it's accustomed to human presence, but it's not a domesticated dog. Shoot, even domesticated dogs bite and otherwise injure their owners at times. Crocs are some of the most predatory animals in nature and they can move quick. All it would take would be a wrong movement one day and she's missing some digits at the very least. End soap box.

Dan
If I were her I would be concerned about her cat....One day she's gonna wake up and wonder "where's fluffy?" :scratchhe
 
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I had a pet snapping turtle when I was a kid. It didn't mind being handled when it had a full belly but if it was hungry your fingers looked like lunch. He ended up getting big so we released him to a big local pond. I'm sure that croc isn't to cuddly when he's hungry either.
 
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