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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- happypug12about 10 yearsI think Snappy looks good in orange.
- Proyoutuberabout 10 yearsThat is awesome.
- Nycrommerabout 10 yearscool croc
- person123over 10 yearsthat's weird..... but cool
- Pritamover 10 yearsWOW that's so cool
- jaylinalmost 11 yearsI LOVE CROCDILES
- ethanabout 11 yearsi like colours
- headream100about 11 yearsThank goodness it wasn't a disease! That would have been awful!!
- jacobover 11 yearscool but very strange
- finlayover 11 yearsvery cool but sad