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Sonic boom romance for crocs

By Cindy Steinle · December 26, 2010 9:45 am

Israeli airplanes are causing an unnatural mating season for crocs. From Treehugger.com:
While the animals may very well be delighted that love seems to be in the air more than usual lately, crocodile handler David Golan believes the jet inspired drive to matie is cause for concern. The crocs, which normally perform mating rituals in a particular part of the year, are having their biological clocks thrown off by all the unnatural noise. To make matters worse, the crocodiles are none the more satisfied by the mating call confusion. The crocs have been observed bellowing back their own song, but for some reason they never seem to partner up with any mate -- as if it's just the jet overhead that has won them over, though it never ceases to play hard-to-get.
The good news is that this is a nursery and not wild animals, but it also makes you wonder what might be happening to other species. After the bump, video from St. Augustine when I visited this summer and the gators were calling!

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