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Saltwater Crocodiles
The Timorese revere the crocodile. The crocodile is the focal point in the fable of how Timor began. I will not duplicate the story for you, since you can read it in the website below. In short, the island itself is a massive crocodile, who in kind payment to a man, gave himself to be the island the Timorese call home. (and yes, there are some slight alternative versions, such as - http://www1.ci.uc.pt/timor/croc2.htm)The symbol of the crocodile can be found everywhere in Timor, the Timorese Army have even adopted the crocodile as their mascot.The Indonesians kept the populations at bay during the occupation by hunting and killing the animals, but during the Independence, the Timorese reverted back to their ways and let them live without any regulation. All of this reverence however has caused a bit of a risk. The crocodiles are growing in population and increasing the safety...
