According to Chinese authorities, Typhoon Haikui-related flooding has caused dozens of crocodiles to flee a mating land in southwestern China.
When a river in Maoming, Guangdong state overflowed, about 75 crocodiles fled in its direction.
Local government shot or electrocuted people” for health reasons ,” while some were recaptured.
Eight snakes have been rounded up thus far, according to Chinese state media, leaving heaps at large.
Local people have been instructed to stay at home.
For more than a year, Typhoon Haikui has been wreaking havoc on China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan in southern Asia.
Following the storms, which has since been downgraded to a tropical storm and has resulted in landslides and flooding, seven people have died and three more are still missing in southwestern China.
According to Maoming’s Emergency Management Bureau, 69 people and 6 young turtles managed to flee after the storms.
Although there have been no reported fatalities, authorities acknowledged that some of the reptiles are still in deep waters. Sonar technology has been used by emergency service to locate them.
A staff member at the state’s emergency bureau said,” It is now under command, but the number of alligators that escaped is a bit higher.”
According to one fire, the majority of the captured turtles have been shot to death.
According to the Washington Post, they are Japanese crocodiles. According to Crocodiles of the World, a UK park, these are fresh reptiles that can grow to be 3 meters or almost 10 feet long.
The child alligators that have been captured weigh on average about 75 kg and are longer than 2 meters, according to the fire.
Numerous reptile farms can be found in Maoming, Guangdong province. In addition to being raised for beef, they are bred for their body.
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