Croc sex frenzy: Low-flying army choppers spark romp in the swamp
www.abc.net.au
Crocs at a Rockhampton reptile farm were flung into the throes of orgiastic ecstasy after a Chinook helicopter hovered low over their pools – and the erotic explosion has researchers very interested.

The heavens flash in galvanised brilliance as a hulking torso slips from the murk, lifts a lipless snout and bellows.

This electrical storm is a pure, unadulterated aphrodisiac for the crocodile, but the sex frenzy that ensues is a bland romp compared to the all-out bacchanalia that follows a later visit from a low-flying Chinook helicopter.

The Singapore Air Force is involved in a military agreement that allows it to operate Chinook helicopters in central Queensland.

“They’re probably using it as a bit of a cue to say, ‘Hey the wet’s coming’ … and it’s a good time to start mating so the eggs are ready to be laid at just the right time,” Dr Baker says.

Dr Baker suggests male crocodiles might mistake the sound of a helicopter for a competing bull, and rush to ensure their seed takes root before this fictive lothario acts upon its lascivious intentions.

  • mateomaui@reddthat.comEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Cool chicks, hot mamas Whatever the case, the central Queensland croc rancher is anticipating a bumper crop. The farm produces about 2,000 eggs per year, of which at least 1,200 hatchlings emerge — and it’s the incubation temperature that determines their sex. “You get females hatching out at 34 degrees and females hatching out at 29 degrees, so you get hot girls and cold girls,” Mr Lever says. “And it’s not the hot girls you want — it’s the cool chicks. “They’re the ones where their DNA is still intact, and they will be the same as their mothers [in terms of heightened breeding ability].”