solar croc @ SBWR

This croc was on the sandbank at the SBWR Hide 1B in the late morning soaking up the sun's warmth for more than an hour. It provided the many morning visitors a great spectacle as they gawked at its full body prescence out of water.

Crocodiles are cold-blooded and therefore need to warm up quite a bit before they get active. This croc was moderating the heat by switching positions and panting with its mouth open.

Read more about the salt-water croc here :
http://www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/5501/news5550.html
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/vertebrates/reptilia/porosus.htm
http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/lizards/estuarine_crocodile.htm
http://www.sbwr.org.sg/Wetlands/text/06-133-1.htm
http://www.oneworldmagazine.org/tales/crocs/index.html