Sonic booms rouse randy crocs
12/20/2010Sonic booms created by Israeli warplanes speeding across the sky are having the unintended consequence of launching hibernating crocodiles into mating mode, the daily Maariv reported Sunday.
According to the newspaper, each time warplanes break the sound barrier over a crocodile breeding farm in the Golan Heights, the randy reptiles begin emitting their ritual mating cry.
“The powerful squealing noises, reminiscent of the sound of a car braking, can be heard from hundreds of meters around,” David Golan, head of crocodile breeding at the Hamat Gader park, told Maariv.
The calls appeared to be a response to the sonic booms, which seemed to convince the crocodiles that other males had begun making mating signals, the newspaper said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101220hed8.html
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The article honestly makes one feel very sorry for the big reptiles in the Philippines. The Pathetic Air Force does not have a jet that can go super sonic these days. Tsismis is the fastest thing inside Air Bases across the country.
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