Friday, November 29, 2013

Gambar Buaya Dalam Laut Di Pelabuhan Pulau Pinang / Picture of a Crocodile at port waters of Penang

Happy Friday everyone!~

So guess whats new in Penang?
I opened my social media portal and this image was flodding everywhere!
Nooo...it's not a picture of a "flood area" - tho I know that Penang has recently been hot by flood by these sudden flash storms and I had personally seen especially houses at Bukit Mertajam being flooded to the door. I really feel for those restaurants that are operating. Because of the flood, no one can get in or out... 

BUT This! This is open seas! 
Somebody at the Penang port spotted this crocodile/ alligator (unsure and unconfirmed of the actual species yet) that is almost 3 meters (9 feet +) swimming at open seas!
Well, this is indeed something rare and unique...
I love fishing, but anglers like me dont see this too often, in fact NEVER at all! 

This is indeed a rare discovery in Penang!! 
for more info, please read the article below taken from one of Malaysian top blog:

Gambar Buaya Dalam Laut Di Pelabuhan Pulau Pinang 
Picture of a Crocodile at port waters of Penang 
on Thursday, 28 November 2013 at 10:10



Mohd Asyraf, Seorang kakitangan Pelabuhan Pulau Pinang terserempak dengan seekor buaya berhampiran dengan pelabuhan berkenaan. Lokasinya adalah diantara jambatan dan BWCT Penang Port..

Mohd Asyraf berkata, kejadian terbabit disedari dua pemandu bot kira-kira jam 5 petang. Menurutnya, dia sendiri hairan bagaimana buaya sepanjang lebih tiga meter itu memasuki kawasan laut.

"Saya dan rakan-rakan mengambil gambar buaya berkenaan, memang pada kami ini kejadian yang aneh kerana buaya di Pulau Pinang sukar untuk ditemui.

“Kalau di kawasan sungai pun sukar hendak jumpa buaya, apatah lagi di kawasan pantai, mungkin ia buaya sesat,” katanya.

Beliau turut menyangkal ia biawak besar kerana kejadian berkenaan disaksikan beberapa individu yang lain.

Eng Version (Translated by Google Translate):

Mohd Ashraf, A Penang Port staff came across a crocodile near the port. The location of this incident is between the bridge and BWCT Penang Port ..

Mohd Ashraf said the incident involved two boat drivers who then noticed this incident about 5pm. He said he wondered how the more than three-meter crocodile entered the sea.

"Me and my friends took pictures of the crocodile, as it a strange event because crocodiles in Penang is extremely hard to find.

"If the river was difficult to see crocodiles, especially in coastal areas, it may stray crocodile," he said.
(own comments: Crocodile findings are indeed rare here, including rural coastal areas)
He also thought at first that it was a large lizard. The incident was also witnessed by several other individuals.


Source: http://buletin-terkini-online.blogspot.com/2013/11/gambar-buaya-dalam-laut-di-pelabuhan.html#sthash.s4Zn2DT0.gbpl

2 comments:

  1. Nice picture. Found some article that might have some info on crocodiles that we don't know.
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/08/steve_irwin_crocs/

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  2. Hey there, picture not by me but the actual witness
    Thanks for sharing about the crocs :) Will check out the link

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