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Rooies
 Post subject: Description of reptiles
Unread postPosted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:25 pm 
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In the mammal group we have bulls and cows, buck and doe. In birds we have a cock and a hen etc. Why do we call the poor reptiles just a male or female? I watched programme on dstv and there they call a male croc a bull. Is there such a thing as a bull or a cow croc?

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 Post subject: Re: Description of reptiles
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:lol: never heard about a bull or a cow crocodile :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Description of reptiles
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Grantmissy wrote:
:lol: never heard about a bull or a cow crocodile :lol:



Me neither. Perhaps it is just those Southerners in the USA. Some of them have such a funny pronunciation of English that the TV people had to use sub-titles for us to understand what they are saying.

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 Post subject: Re: Description of reptiles
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:lol: Rooies. After they have hatched they can probably be called Chicks and Dudes but I think it is safer to call them Sir and Madam when a person wants to have a closer look when they are grown up.

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Grantmissy wrote:
never heard about a bull or a cow crocodile

In all the books I have about Kruger or where Crocodiles are discussed, they are referred to as male or female. :D

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