Crocodile Bank - Mahabalipuram

So much fun happend over India vacation. Visit to a nearby (well, really not all that near :) say around 30Kms from my place) crocodile bank was one such. My little dumpling behaves most of the time like Junior Austin Steve these days.He gets all excited about animals, birds and reptiles. He cant say his ABCs but can spot a Mallard, Goose, Duck and Swan...can you??? :)) All the time while in India, he kept re-collecting his trip to croco bank and Zoo. Well, It was indeed a nice experience for me as well. We have passed through that place many a times but never bothered to really stop and have some fun. Maybe, it was a written distiny to visit and cherish with my junior.

Well to many of us, its like "is there any differnce among crocos? Arent they all same?". YOU must visit this place. Ok, I can give you all a little gyan about this place. Its one of the largest reptiles zoo in the world. Did you know???...so next time you are on ECR and you have 30-45 mins to spare, dont miss this spot. This place was started around 1976 with the whole purpose of protecting these rare reptiles. All the fellow ladies who are behind fancy leather accessories....T.H.I.N.K :). Then they expanded their home for turtles, lizards and snakes as well and today they are not just croco banks...but a center for Herpatology as well. So we are not just going to see Crocodiles :))))

The First Glimpse you get as soon as you enter

A closer look

The Croco-Converse

P.S : I Guess he still remembers the conversation. Everytime I ask him, "what did the crocos say?", he will get all excited and does this same expression and I beleive he would have more than 100 times in the last 3 months  ;))

I think...or all I see is....they swim (or rather be in water), they sleep with their mouth wide open, they lay in the ground for hours together.....After a deep plunge from water

You really wanna know the color of crocodiles......you got to check this pic....a fresh croc

I really loved the ambiance....its calm, mostly neat and the arenas were displayed as one circular loop. The lush green trees, cold weather (oh yeah!!! I am talking about Chennai ;) ) and offcourse the green water ;)

OK....here comes the much awaited Gharial Basking

and some gaint turtles......

and snakes

We visited in feb....summer had already started and it was tea time :) So we winded up quickly to head to A2B (Its Adyaar Anandha Bhavan :)) for a simple snack and coffee and then continue our ECR ride. Oh yeah!!! here is the last glimpse of my dear lazy friends :)