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As I was surfing the web for my daily dose of reality, I happen to come across an article about a gigantic crocodile caught in the Phillippines. What caught my eye was that it took place in the Phillippines, where both of my parents are from and you hardly ever hear about anything happening there. I have a couple issues with this story. First, it is stated that they are going to build an "ecotourism park" where they are going to keep this monstrous beast in a fenced cage. Isn't that called a zoo? Nice choice of words though. Second, if this is an "impoverished region" then where are they going to come up with the finances to build this ecotourism park and its maintenance? Third, how did this story make international headlines and how is it relevant to our society? I found this story on several major news outlets where they had it listed under the world news section. I guess, it is supposed to be entertaining, but I did not find it entertaining. Maybe if they had said that this is the world's largest crocodile, then it would be pretty cool. I am disappointed that the Phillippines couldn't come up with something better than that. The Florida Everglades have some enormous reptiles and you don't see them making headline news!
This is a really interesting story; one of your classmates even wrote about it for the critique. Indeed, what are the plans for this ecotourism park? Did the plans exist before the large crocodile was found?
ReplyDeleteWould this story have been news without this picture?
I assume that such a large crocodile would pose serious dangers to a human populations in the vicinity of its habitat -- but what are the risks? Why was this particular crocodile trapped?