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Bugboy's photos reminded me of a holiday I had in Costa Rica in 2011. On our tour we stopped on a bridge to see some crocodiles below. We we told that they were wild but were fed chickens by the local people as then the crocodiles stayed and the tourists stopped giving the locals an opportunity to sell things.

It would seem everything is fed chickens in Costa Rica, The Macaws at the breeding center would get chicken legs to chew on once a week. For calcium apparently. It did look odd though.

Hi Katrina,
It must still be worth going in for that close-up - great background!
BWs, Neil

Katrina wrote:On our tour we stopped on a bridge to see some crocodiles below. We we told that they were wild but were fed chickens by the local people as then the crocodiles stayed and the tourists stopped giving the locals an opportunity to sell things.

I sincerely hope they were not LIVE chickens?

I can't really remember the food there but I suspect they fed me chicken too!
Thank Neil, I was grateful for the zoom on the camera.
As regards to live or dead chickens I don't know as I didn't see the actual feeding.
Looking at the times on the photos the butterfly stayed perched there for over 3 minutes.

Hi Katrina

Nice pics I am sure I have read that butterflies drink or take nutrients from the eyes of many animals in hotter climates Maybe somebody more knowledgable could confirm that

Crocodile tears ...

Guy

I just googled 'Julia feeding on crocodile tears' in search of an amusing picture, and found this instead:

http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/cro ... -and-bees/

Guy

Thanks Jack and Guy - drinking tears would explain it.