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Undertoad 06-14-2007 02:19 PM

June 14, 2007: guy dresses as croc to study them
 
http://cellar.org/2007/crocguy1.jpg

xoxoxoBruce forwards this Daily Mail article which explains that the gentleman above, Dr. Brady Barr, clearly insane, has built this croc-like-box to study a group of Nile crocs.

Quote:

The zoologist adopted his bizarre outfit in the hope of getting closer to a colony of Nile crocodiles, which can grow up to 20ft.

His disguise was a prosthetic head attached to the front of a protective metal cage covered with canvas and a generous plastering of hippo dung to mask his human scent.

It was 13ft long - average Nile size. The head was made of glass fibre, while the frame of the body was aluminium covered with a sheet of Kevlar body armour.
http://cellar.org/2007/crocguy2.jpg

http://cellar.org/2007/crocguy3.jpg

Shawnee123 06-14-2007 02:24 PM

This made me laugh. Not very realistic, though. Here's a better costume:

xoxoxoBruce 06-14-2007 02:36 PM

I don't think that outfit would have helped him much, if the Mama Hippo had decided to stomp him into the Crock poo.

elSicomoro 06-14-2007 02:40 PM

It looked and sounded ridiculous to me at first, but now I'm impressed with the construction of the replica and Barr's plan.

Spexxvet 06-14-2007 02:42 PM

http://67.59.157.16/images/spirit/pr...5.detail.a.jpg

Oh..... Croc costume.

Shawnee123 06-14-2007 02:43 PM

lol, Spexx. I think I"m going to go with that idea. I'll get me one of those costumes you posted, then go live amongst them so I can study them.

Spexxvet 06-14-2007 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 355063)
lol, Spexx. I think I"m going to go with that idea. I'll get me one of those costumes you posted, then go live amongst them so I can study them.

Watch out - they bite!

HungLikeJesus 06-14-2007 03:21 PM

He has a crocbox, but if he has to pee he'll need a crocpot.

Shawnee123 06-14-2007 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 355069)
Watch out - they bite!

Good, good.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HLJ (Post 355073)
He has a crocbox, but if he has to pee he'll need a crocpot.

heheheee

artemis05 06-14-2007 03:59 PM

it reminds me of jim carey in ace ventura (2?) when he was in a rhino costume and it overheated so he had to climb out its ass... hahaha.... delicious poop jokes

Cloud 06-14-2007 04:02 PM

no, reminds me of the faux-gorilla in Trading Places.

BigV 06-14-2007 04:30 PM

If this had been the Friday IoTD, we could be swapping recipies for the "other" other white meat.

Clearly insane--understatement of the day. Did he not get the memo on how kevlar works? Um, crushing forces (well over 2000 pounds) are not affected in any way by kevlar. Tearing forces, meh, maybe. So he'll be mashed to a bloody pulp, but he'll only make one puddle. Adorned with hippo poo. Sheesh, this guy gives crazy people a bad name.

Spexxvet 06-14-2007 04:47 PM

I hope one of the male crocs doesn't mate with him.

Shawnee123 06-14-2007 05:11 PM

He loves him. He wants to date him, and kiss him, and have a million babies.

Gravdigr 06-14-2007 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 355059)
I don't think that outfit would have helped him much, if the Mama Hippo had decided to stomp him into the Crock poo.

I'd be more concerned with BECOMING croc poo!!:headshake

artemis05 06-15-2007 02:08 AM

i bet the crocs know its just a dude in a suit

croc 1: oh jeez... don't look now. here comes that poser
croc 2: i swear, i'm going to go over there and kick his ass!
croc 1: no no... just leave him be... hey, let's mess up his data!
croc 2: haha! yeah, let's go try to dance ballet with the hippos.

Shawnee123 06-15-2007 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by artemis05 (Post 355268)
i bet the crocs know its just a dude in a suit

croc 1: oh jeez... don't look now. here comes that poser
croc 2: i swear, i'm going to go over there and kick his ass!
croc 1: no no... just leave him be... hey, let's mess up his data!
croc 2: haha! yeah, let's go try to dance ballet with the hippos.

Now that's funny!:p

xoxoxoBruce 06-15-2007 03:16 PM

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Why? Happens all the time.

richlevy 06-15-2007 07:02 PM

All I could think of was Ace Ventura and the fake rhino.:D

HungLikeJesus 06-15-2007 07:34 PM

LJ, is that what you mean by tail posting?

rkzenrage 06-16-2007 06:18 AM

I wanna' see him do it with a rhino.

Yznhymr 06-16-2007 05:17 PM

I can't help but thnk of this scene from Trading Places...imagine this but with an alligator!

http://www.stomptokyo.com/img-m2/trading-c.jpg

Cloud 06-16-2007 05:22 PM

:D I believe I said that already!

magilla 06-17-2007 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by artemis05 (Post 355268)
i bet the crocs know its just a dude in a suit

croc 1: oh jeez... don't look now. here comes that poser
croc 2: i swear, i'm going to go over there and kick his ass!
croc 1: no no... just leave him be... hey, let's mess up his data!
croc 2: haha! yeah, let's go try to dance ballet with the hippos.

I knew a prof who studied these electric catfish from Africa. The fish communicated with these low-power electric fields. No one had ever recorded them mating, so this prof and his grad student brought a bunch back, and spent a lot of time and effort simulating their habitat. The fish finally seemed ready to mate, and they had all this sophisticated electric-detection gear to record the courtship behavior.

And then the male started to sing to the female. With these low-pitched croaking sounds.

And they didn't have a tape recorder.

All the professor said was, "It's time for beer."

Rule Number One of Animal Behavior: The animal will do what it wants to do, when it wants to do it, in the manner you least expect it to.

Chris

Elspode 06-17-2007 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 355063)
lol, Spexx. I think I"m going to go with that idea. I'll get me one of those costumes you posted, then go live amongst them so I can study them.

I am always available to you for close study, Shawnee. Just in case you forgot.

xoxoxoBruce 06-17-2007 08:48 PM

And the costume wouldn't cost her a dime.

skysidhe 06-18-2007 10:18 PM

I saw this the other morning. Great article! thanks!

classicman 06-20-2009 02:03 PM

Speaking of Dr. Brady and Hippos....

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lumberjim 06-20-2009 02:24 PM

jim carey pretends to be a rhino baby


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