Alligators and Crocodiles In Mexico

I was born in Louisiana, a place famous for fresh water alligators and crocodiles. The end of my life is in Mexico, which values fresh water gators and crocs for the profits they bring; both creatures outlived the dinosaurs. Mexico has twenty three (23) species.

A few hours away from Ajijic in Nuevo Vallarta Nayarit is El Cora Crocodile Sanctuary; further off in Xcalak and Banco Chinchorro visitors are trained to swim with these terrifying flesh eating reptiles, some of which reach lengths of 6.1 m, weighing up to 907 kg.  Recently in Cancun several people videoed a crocodile walking through a parking lot; people stayed in their cars recording the beast with cell phones.      Another group of Cancun tourists videoed two huge crocodiles fighting on a golf course, they too caught the moment on cell phone video. 

Commercial interest in farming this tenacious creature has taken on a broad meaning. Their hide is the most expensive leather in the world; the tail meat is a gourmet export selling at $2,225 USA per kilo and that’s a small profit compared to the sale of croc blood to the medical industry, which when processed destroys thirty strains of bacteria resistant to standard antibiotics. It is successfully used to cure HIV and AIDS.

Because medical interest has grown worldwide, I checked to see if Chinese Covoid patients were being treated with reptile plasma and came across a report saying Chinese crocodiles are being raised in special habitat as their organs have medical applications; the blood plasma us used as an antiviral, anti-tumor medicine; it is freeze dried into tablets, powders, capsules, injections and nasal drops. Then a new discovery; oil from alligator fat repairs severely damaged human skin, rapidly healing burns, wounds and infections. The oil is sold in open markets, no prescription needed. Amazon’s skin care section sells it for thirty-nine dollars an ounce. How are these essential oils made? The recipe, available on the Chinese web, begins with three easy steps: (1) mince crocodile fat; (2) put the pieces into a beaker of distilled water containing 8% citric acid, soak overnight; (3) Put mixture into a microwave oven for 5-10 minutes. If you wish to see the whole recipe go to one of the links below.

Although predatory reptiles are aquatic hot weather animals, they also thrive in Alaska. Remember crocodilians outlived dinosaurs, surviving the glacial epoch when sheets of ice covered the earth simply because they have an ability to hibernate (bromate) in frozen water. The lower body remains hidden in the ice, only the nostrils stay above ice level allowing for breathing through winter.

In Mexico crocodilian breeding season begins in the spring, nests are usually one meter high and three meters wide (3ft x 9 ft). Females hide their eggs beneath mounds of soil and plant debris. If the daytime temperature rises above ninety-seven degrees more males than females will be born. Twenty-five to forty-five (20-45) eggs will be laid before the rainy season starts; the shells are crystal clear when first laid. After a number of days, the shells thicken and become white like a chicken egg; each egg sells for fifty US dollars apiece.  Want to know more?                

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27059-germ-killing-molecules-identified-in-alligator-blood.  Also www.patent CN105147732A – Application of crocodile blood-China .Also: Harvesting alligator eggs at www. gatoralleyfarm.com