Crocodiles aren’t exactly cute and fluffy. But, a story from Thailand will make you believe that they also need love and care and can be friends and as loyal as other pet animals.
This is the story of Kanathip Nathip, a 53-year-old man from Phitsanulok, Thailand and his pet crocodile.
It has been 20 years, Nathip is sharing is house with a 200kg giant crocodile. This not only helps his kid enjoy with the croc, but he has to never worry about locking the door of his home whenever he goes out, as anyone foolish enough to try and rob it would get the surprise of a lifetime.
The full grown crocodile can be seen moving around as he pleases and doesn’t take kindly to uninvited guests.
As per sources, Nathip got the crocodile 20 years ago, as a pet for his two children. He had taken them to a crocodile farm in Nakorn Sawan and they loved the reptiles so much that he ended up buying not one but two of them.
At first both Thong (Gold) and Ngern (Silver) lived in the family home, but as time went by, it became clear that Ngern wasn’t meant to be a house pet, so they built a small pond in the yard and moved him there. Thong, on the other hand, seemed much more comfortable in the house, so he’s been living there for the past two decades. Even though Nathip’s two sons have grown up and moved out of the house, the 53-year-old still has Thong, who he considers his third son.
Thong has always been docile and has never harmed anybody. He mostly keeps to himself, spending most of his time under a small wooden table on the tiled floor of the house, and as long as he have food and water available, he’s pretty happy. Nathip admits that the croc isn’t the most affectionate pet a person can have, so he refrains from touching him, but he will let you stroke his scaly tale from time to time.
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