Miri Crocodile Farm

MIRI CROCODILE FARM

We are spending our Easter in Miri, Sarawak. For the holiday, we went on a Easter hunt, and found thirty eggs hidden throughout the boat. After that, we had lunch, and quickly decapitated a large chocolate bunny. Just as we were starting to eat the bunny's body, Dad and Mom said we we were going to the Miri crocodile farm.

Miri's roads are covered in sea horses. There are big metallic ones, groups of colorful ones, and small ones in the bushes by gas stations. The roads also have huge roundabouts with stuff all over them. After we drove for forty minutes over Miri's spread out city, we made it to the crocodile farm, barely. All there was to notify us of its presence was a small sign on a turn with two crocodiles and an arrow on it.

Crocodiles

The Miri crocodile farm bred crocodiles so they could sell their products. This included crocodile skin belts, rugs, hats, and crocodile teeth. They also sold crocodile meat, but we didn't go to the restaurant that prepared it. After we browsed through the products we went to see the biggest crocodile pen. There was more then fifty adult salt water crocodiles there, and we walked over their habitat in a raised wooden walkway. The crocodiles' habitat was made up of mud,with a few pools of water and one huge lake. The crocodiles each had their own part of it, the smaller ones shared spaces and wouldn't go into the larger croc space. The crocodiles we saw were surprisingly active. They were crawling around and sloshing in the mud. The ones in the water were coming out and going in, and blowing bubbles when they went under. They were like this because it was almost time for them to be fed.

Yummy, bird sandwich

I see you

The feeding went quick. A guy started throwing dead chickens over the fence and all the crocs jumped around and caught them. In a few large splashes the feeding was over. After watching the feeding, we left the walkway, and moved on. The next spot we visited had lots of animals to take pictures with. I took a picture with a big snake. It was very heavy and smooth, but some of its scales were falling off and they felt dry, like a dead leaf. Also in the area there was an owl in a birdcage, and wherever I went around it, it would look there. It even looked at me right behind it without moving its body.

What are you looking at?

The rest of the crocodile farm mainly consisted of crocodiles in different groups, and a few different types of animals. My favorite animal to watch was the bear and leopard cats. The bear cats, big black lumbering beasts, were stomping around their cage, while the leopard cats were sleeping. Another cool thing I did was watch the eagles. They would look around at the other birds, then lift their wings and launch themselves at them, only to find themselves stopped by a cage. While we were there, the Philippine eagle got feed some fish. After we finished looking at the animals, it was getting late so we started to leave. On the way we fed the goats. A baby goat even came out and let me pet it while I fed it.  

Thanks For Reading, Jacob