The Bristol Crocodile

The_Valeyard · 27-06-2014 01:58PM #1

http://news.sky.com/story/1290538/bristol-crocodile-resurfaces-in-new-photo

So what say ye?

Real or fake?

Also heard a movie is also in production about the same theme.

Could a croc really survive and be swimming in Bristol?

darkpagandeath · 27-06-2014 02:02PM

Is this not on the same lines of some people making up seeing a lion in the park ? splashing the hoax all over social media ?

The_Valeyard · 27-06-2014 02:09PM

darkpagandeath wrote: »

Is this not on the same lines of some people making up seeing a lion in the park ? splashing the hoax all over social media ?

One of the sources was the Daily Mail, so naturally I have my doubts.

You could be right though.

catallus · 27-06-2014 02:12PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Could a croc really survive and be swimming in Bristol?

Well, why couldn't it? Nothing is beyond the power of creation.

What is odd is that people wouldn't accept this unless the crocodile did a dance and rattles of a Gene Kelly tune, and even then they'd cling to their lies!

FunLover18 · 27-06-2014 02:17PM

That's clearly a stick in the video. You can see it bobbing up and down. If a croc is going to lie perfectly still you can be damn sure it's going to do it properly

RobbingBandit · 27-06-2014 02:19PM

Hope they call it Luis.

Duggy747 · 27-06-2014 02:20PM

The Bristol Crocodile

Sounds like an East-End thug.

'Innit.

Gongoozler · 27-06-2014 02:22PM

catallus wrote: »

Well, why couldn't it? Nothing is beyond the power of creation.

Well it'd be my guess because crocodiles are cold blooded, and the water around these parts would be cold, and the temperature would probably not get high enough for a crocodile.

catallus · 27-06-2014 02:31PM

Are you suggesting it migrates?

Gongoozler · 27-06-2014 02:34PM

catallus wrote: »

Are you suggesting it migrates?

What?

no, I'm saying it's very unlikely to be real.

catallus · 27-06-2014 02:36PM

But if it were real then it would be non-migratory?

That makes even less sense!

Gongoozler · 27-06-2014 02:42PM

catallus wrote: »

But if it were real then it would be non-migratory?

That makes even less sense!

What the **** are you on?

catallus · 27-06-2014 02:55PM

Asks the woman whose arguing about the migratory habits of a possibly non-existent croc!?

The real question is what's attracting all these crocodiles to these milder climes.

Probably something to do with all this global warming they keep going on about.

Gongoozler · 27-06-2014 03:26PM

catallus wrote: »

Asks the woman whose arguing about the migratory habits of a possibly non-existent croc!?

The real question is what's attracting all these crocodiles to these milder climes.

Probably something to do with all this global warming they keep going on about.

Are you in a different thread or something? What are you talking about migration for? Crocodiles don't migrate. The topic is whether the crocodile is real or a hoax, I suggested because crocodiles couldn't survive in the sea there that it's likely to be fake.

Dodd · 27-06-2014 03:31PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

Are you in a different thread or something? What are you talking about migration for? Crocodiles don't migrate. The topic is whether the crocodile is real or a hoax, I suggested because crocodiles couldn't survive in the sea there that it's likely to be fake.

Crocs can survive in the sea.

FunLover18 · 27-06-2014 03:31PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

Are you in a different thread or something? What are you talking about migration for? Crocodiles don't migrate. The topic is whether the crocodile is real or a hoax, I suggested because crocodiles couldn't survive in the sea there that it's likely to be fake.

*Cough*

Back on topic though, this is clearly a hoax. I've never seen a stick look more sticky. How old is the person taking the video that he saw something floating in the water and thought it was a crocodile

catallus · 27-06-2014 03:33PM

Yeah, but it's in a river now?

There is no reason a crocodile or crocodiles couldn't swim in the sea, especially with all of the "higher" "temperatures" we're being "told" about by the "experts"

Anyway, I digress. It is very possible that the thing exists, but even if it isn't there doesn't mean it isn't real, amiright?

FunLover18 · 27-06-2014 03:38PM

catallus wrote: »

Yeah, but it's in a river now?

There is no reason a crocodile or crocodiles couldn't swim in the sea, especially with all of the "higher" "temperatures" we're being "told" about by the "experts"

Anyway, I digress. It is very possible that the thing exists, but even if it isn't there doesn't mean it isn't real, amiright?

There's no way a crocodile migrated from Australia to Bristol. But they can migrate which was my point.

The temperature was pointed out because a crocodile probably would not survive in the cold Bristol waters.

With regard to the "possibility" of it being real that depends. I didn't read the full story, is any expanation offered as to how a crocodile came to be living in Bristol? Did it escape from a zoo?

Buzz Killington the third · 27-06-2014 03:38PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Also heard a movie is also in production about the same theme.

Sounds like a shít movie!

catallus · 27-06-2014 03:40PM

From the link: "Producers of a new comedy-horror flick about crocodiles terrifying residents in Somerset insisted they were not orchestrating a publicity stunt for their film."

Case closed.

kylith · 27-06-2014 03:41PM

If it is a crocodile, which it isn't, judging by that video anyway, then it would have to be an escapee from a collection. Crocodiles could conceivably survive in the UK for a while but would be sluggish and fairly miserable as it's nowhere near warm enough for them to get their body temperature to any kind of decent operating temperature.

Gongoozler · 27-06-2014 03:54PM

Dodd wrote: »

Crocs can survive in the sea.

I meant that sea. Christ.

catallus · 27-06-2014 04:01PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

I meant that sea. Christ.

Can you elaborate on this please? What sea are we talking about?

Buzz Killington the third · 27-06-2014 04:03PM

catallus wrote: »

Can you elaborate on this please? What sea are we talking about?

The dead sea... nothin can survive there! :pac:

Calibos · 27-06-2014 04:24PM

You've got to begrudgingly respect someone who wears their stupidity on their sleeve.

The_Valeyard · 27-06-2014 04:41PM

Buzz Killington the third wrote: »

Sounds like a shít movie!

I did enjoy that film Lake Placid. It's no sharknado, but fun

catallus · 27-06-2014 04:43PM

Buzz Killington the third wrote: »

The dead sea... nothin can survive there! :pac:

I dunno. Maybe a crocodile could swim in the Dead Sea, it would just be a logistical nightmare. But it's technically a lake, which might complicate the whole thing.

Buzz Killington the third · 27-06-2014 04:43PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

I did enjoy that film Lake Placid. It's no sharknado, but fun

Lets face it, the floating log in Bristol is hardly Crocasaurus.

Beefy78 · 27-06-2014 04:48PM

FunLover18 wrote: »

With regard to the "possibility" of it being real that depends. I didn't read the full story, is any expanation offered as to how a crocodile came to be living in Bristol? Did it escape from a zoo?

As someone else said, a private collection. There's a strangely high number of wild animals officially kept privately without even considering those smuggled in.

eisenberg1 · 27-06-2014 04:54PM

Dodd wrote: »

Crocs can survive in the sea.

And in Dublin aZoo:D

Beefy78 · 27-06-2014 05:00PM

There were 72 licensed pet crocadiles in the UK as of 2010 according to the below:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10928244/Bristol-crocodile-could-survive-British-waters-experts-say.html

The Bristol Crocodile

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