Heavy rains have caused havoc in Gujarat. Water has accumulated in many places. Due to the rising water level of Vishwamitri river in Vadodara, about two dozen crocodiles reached residential areas along with the flood water. In such a situation, a shocking video is going viral on social media. Two boys are going somewhere with a crocodile on a scooter. Yes… one boy is driving the scooter and the other is sitting behind with the crocodile.
Crocodile ride on scooty
According to the information, the 18-second video going viral is from Vadodara. Two young men are taking a crocodile to the forest department office after catching it. IMA (Indian Medical Association) Vadodara is written on the t-shirt of the boy holding the crocodile. A forest department official said on Sunday that all these crocodiles have been rescued. Actually, a total of 24 crocodiles had reached residential areas. Videos of rescue of many crocodiles had also surfaced. But everyone is surprised to see a crocodile being rescued by sitting it on a scooter.
Hilarious comments on the video
On X, a user named Archana wrote on this viral video that ‘It seems that the crocodile is enjoying the journey.’ Aryansh wrote, ‘This is completely wrong. How can this crocodile travel without wearing a helmet?’ Satyam wrote, ‘That is why men do not live for long.’ Rohit wrote, ‘He will definitely get the Khatron Ke Khiladi award.’ Sanjana wrote, ‘It seems that this is his pet.’ At the same time, most of the people also praised this rescue operation of the youth.
Apart from crocodiles, other animals were also rescued
According to Vadodara Range Forest Officer Karan Singh Rajput, there are about 440 crocodiles living in the Vishwamitri river, many of which get washed away into residential areas during floods caused by the release of water from the Ajwa dam. “During these three days, we rescued 24 crocodiles as well as 75 other animals, including snakes, cobras, five large turtles weighing around 40 kg and a porcupine. There are many residential areas near the Vishwamitri river,” the officer said.
The official said, ‘The smallest crocodile we rescued is two feet long, while the largest crocodile is 14 feet long. It was caught from Kamnath Nagar on the river bank on Thursday. Local residents informed us about it. Apart from these, two other crocodiles of 11 feet length were rescued from an open area near EME Circle and the Department of Biology of MS (Manonmaniam Sundaranar) University on Thursday.’
