# So I opened the door and there was a crocodile!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 2, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207 "2004-06-02T04:53:29Z")
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### Author:  [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/1 "2004-06-02T04:53:29Z")
I walked down the stairs at work today to go get some lunch, and opened the door on the 1st floor and there was a crocodile staring at me!
Well, it was only about 4 feet long and was being held by a guy from the local reptile zoo, but still not something you expect to see at the office (unless your office is a lot further south than mine :p). So I spent my lunchtime watching a presentation on reptiles and other critters in honour of Environment Week. I got to touch the crocodile (actually a cayman), and hold an eyebrow gecko, a king snake, an elongated tortoise, and a Burmese python (actually about 20% of the middle of a Burmese python - it was about 7 feet long in total and surprisingly heavy). I declined the opportunity to hold the tarantula and the Imperial scorpion. Much more interesting, and probably much healthier, than my original plans for poutine.
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### Author:  [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/2 "2004-06-02T05:12:45Z")
Wow. The oddest thing I’ve ever found on _my_ doorstep was a massive carp. Musta been 25 inches long and a foot wide.
Note: That’s carp, as in the fish.
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### Author:  [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/3 "2004-06-02T05:25:41Z")
I opened the door to my office and found myself staring at a 5’ 4" ass with big teeth. Unfortunately, I work for him.
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### Author:  [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/4 "2004-06-02T06:11:49Z")
> [@Salem](#):
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> I opened the door to my office and found myself staring at a 5’ 4" ass with big teeth. Unfortunately, I work for him.
Hmm. . . is he a wild ass, or a domesticated ass? I only ask because he seems a little on the small side, and I was wondering if he’s a new breed. I hear that breeders are always working to improve the genetic stock and to keep up with modern needs and trends. Seems like he could fit into the newly recognized Downsized Ass category.
Don’t bother–let me: :smack:
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### Author:  [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/5 "2004-06-02T06:26:04Z")
Well, I’ve never actually seen him pee on the floor so I’m going to go with domesticated. However, he _has_ made me shit my pants before on [sub]lack of [/sub]pay day, so there is some gray area there. His size is somewhat disconcerting, especially relative to the oral cavity, so perhaps he originates from the Napoleonic Ass family.
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### Author:  [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/6 "2004-06-02T13:08:30Z")
A friend of mine worked for an environmentalist company of some kind - you know those people who take water samples out of ponds and such? They had a little kitchenette area for employees to eat lunch separate from the lab where testing was done, but apparently the techs ran out of room in their specimen freezer one day. My friend went to retrieve her Lean Cuisine at lunch time and a large ziplock plastic bag fell out onto her. It contained a frozen Canada goose, and was neatly labeled with masking tape: DEAD GOOSE.
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### Author:  [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/7 "2004-06-02T13:11:50Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#):
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> I walked down the stairs at work today to go get some lunch, and opened the door on the 1st floor and there was a crocodile staring at me!
Driving to work a few months ago, we had to stop for elephants. Next month, we will be setting up a permanent whale watch. Oh, yes, I am being serious :eek:
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### Author:  [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/8 "2004-06-02T13:36:11Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#):
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> So I spent my lunchtime watching a presentation on reptiles and other critters in honour of Environment Week. I got to touch the crocodile (actually a cayman), and hold an **eyebrow gecko** , a king snake, an elongated tortoise, and a Burmese python (actually about 20% of the middle of a Burmese python - it was about 7 feet long in total and surprisingly heavy). I declined the opportunity to hold the tarantula and the Imperial scorpion. Much more interesting, and probably much healthier, than my original plans for poutine.
So do these things prefer to nest in blond eyebrows or brunette eyebrows?
Do you have to feed them or do they catch their own prey?
🙂
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### Author:  [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/9 "2004-06-03T18:15:14Z")
> [@One And Only Wanderers](#):
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> So do these things prefer to nest in blond eyebrows or brunette eyebrows?
> Do you have to feed them or do they catch their own prey?
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> 🙂
They seemed to be quite unprejudiced over eyebrow colour and willing to climb all over anyone within reach. 😃
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2004, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/10 "2004-06-03T18:33:34Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#):
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> Driving to work a few months ago, we had to stop for elephants. Next month, we will be setting up a permanent whale watch. Oh, yes, I am being serious :eek:
Yeah, Gabon’s pretty cool that way. But them elephants can be a damn nuisance when you’re on foot. One of my co-workers almost got stomped while making his rounds one morning. My work day usually went from dawn until whenever me and my team encountered an elephant on the trail, at which point we would run like hell back to camp.
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### Author:  [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-the-door-and-there-was-a-crocodile/248207/11 "2004-06-03T23:54:24Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#):
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> I walked down the stairs at work today to go get some lunch, and opened the door on the 1st floor and there was a crocodile staring at me!
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> Well, it was only about 4 feet long and was being held by a guy from the local reptile zoo, but still not something you expect to see at the office (unless your office is a lot further south than mine :p). So I spent my lunchtime watching a presentation on reptiles and other critters in honour of Environment Week. I got to touch the crocodile (actually a cayman), and hold an\*\* eyebrow gecko\*\*, a king snake, an elongated tortoise, and a Burmese python (actually about 20% of the middle of a Burmese python - it was about 7 feet long in total and surprisingly heavy). I declined the opportunity to hold the tarantula and the Imperial scorpion. Much more interesting, and probably much healthier, than my original plans for poutine.
Did he save you 20% on your car insurance?