Rethymnon, Greece. Friday 11 July 2014
Pictured: Local people gather on the banks of the man-made Potamon lake and dam near the town of Rethymnon in Crete, Greece.
Re: A Greek reptile expert on Friday began an operation to trap a two-metre long crocodile that mysteriously appeared in a man-made lake and dam on the tourist island of Crete last weekend.
"We are placing our hopes on the crocodile's hunger," herpetologist Petros Liberakis, who works at the island's...
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Rethymnon, Greece. Friday 11 July 2014
Pictured: Local people gather on the banks of the man-made Potamon lake and dam near the town of Rethymnon in Crete, Greece.
Re: A Greek reptile expert on Friday began an operation to trap a two-metre long crocodile that mysteriously appeared in a man-made lake and dam on the tourist island of Crete last weekend.
"We are placing our hopes on the crocodile's hunger," herpetologist Petros Liberakis, who works at the island's natural history museum, told Skai TV.
"The operation could take two days, or a couple of weeks, or it could fail altogether," he said.
Cages laden with meat will be placed near the artificial dam, some 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) from the city of Rethymno.
Crews had previously fenced off a one-kilometre stretch of coast around the lake to keep curious visitors away.
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