Video Of The Week - Snappy, The Orange Crocodile!
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Just a few weeks ago, Snappy an eight-foot long saltwater crocodile, who lives at the Roaming Reptiles center in Melbourne, Australia, used to look just like the rest of the clan - A nice dull green. So you can only imagine how horrified its owner Tracy Sandstrom was when the crocodile began to turn a bright orange!
Fortunately, it turns out that Snappy is not suffering from a rare disease, but simply from its own bad habits. Turns out that the reptile who spends nights in a heated bath, had been gnawing on the water pipes and had managed to destroy the filter.
This in turn, allowed the red algae or tannins from the dried up fallen leaves to seep into his bath water, effectively dyeing him a bright orange. Experts have assured Tracy that Snappy will eventually revert to his normal color - Meanwhile though, it sure has made him a celebrity worldwide!
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- Snappyover 9 yearsI'm cool
athenuover 9 yearsReally, Just really
aphphilippinesalmost 10 yearsLook's like he's been swimming in the lake outside of the Skittles Factory. If you know what I mean.
diamondkidalmost 10 yearsInteresting!
djcool123almost 10 yearssay what !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ORANGE how about GREEN?
bigmeloalmost 10 yearsAs any average hipster would say, 'I think normal-colored crocodiles are way too mainstream.' :)
happypug12almost 10 yearsHave you ever seen a photo of an Albino Crocodile, bigmelo?- bigmeloalmost 10 yearsWait - there's albino crocodiles? Cool! I guess pretty much any species can be an albino, then. :)
- aphphilippinesalmost 10 yearsYep. There are even albino people. Example: Prussia from Hetalia.(Thats an anime btw.)
- bigmeloalmost 10 yearsI'm going to look it up!
nikukyualmost 10 yearsHe is so cute!!! (Not that I would pet him) I think crocs in general look better in orange....But his name should have been Orangie, or Mr.Orange😂- aphphilippinesalmost 10 yearsNo, his name should have been Orange Crush.XD
anastarlingalmost 10 yearsAwesome :D- snappyalmost 10 yearscool
kittylover101almost 10 yearscool, that croc really has a sense of style
hellokitty11771about 10 yearsnice