This week
in the Land Down Under, Cassius, the world’s largest saltwater crocodile in
captivity, celebrated a monumental birthday…
His 110th!
And of
course, they had quite a colossal wingding at Marineland Melanesia.
They sang
croc-y songs.
They shed a
few croc-y tears.
They even served up a great big croc-y cake, weighing in at 44 pounds!
However,
most of the guests offered a polite “No thank you” when the pieces were passed
around.
Apparently,
chicken neck confections aren't very popular with the Aussies...
Who knew that the folks
who brought us Vegemite could be so dang picky?
No matter,
Cassius gave a “more for me” kind of grin and devoured the whole thing in 30
seconds.
By the way,
I've seen the photos —
And I am
pretty sure he ate the candles, too.
But hey,
whatever a 1-ton crocodile wants, a 1-ton crocodile gets.
PROMPT: It is remarkable how often “cuddly”
crocodiles show up in books for children. Go ahead and “sanitize” the Cassius
birthday celebration if you’d like – complete with party hats, friendly
hippos, and chocolate cake instead of chicken necks. Then again, you could go
totally non-PC rogue like author Sylviane Donnio. Her adorable little crocodile
story (illustrated by Dorothee De Monfreid) gives it to you straight. The
title? I’d Really Like to Eat a Child.
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