Crocodiles in Palawaan should be hunted down. These salt water crocodiles are not endangered, they are found all over the rich islands of the South Pacific. In Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia.
There are old stories by Polynesian people of how giant salt water crocodiles would attack villages and consume dozens. These monster behemoths can grow up to and even longer than 30 feet. The salt water crocodiles in southern India are so large that they are known to attack even old elephants, hunting in packs and drowning even an Indian elephant. Then feast on its carcass.
In Indonesia, crocodile-attacks are also a growing concern because of the growing human population. Inter-species competition. As for Filipinos and Indonesians, we are aggressive fishers and are taking the salt water crocodile's natural food: the fisheries. Human settlement in Palawaan and the overall growing population is displacing many crocodiles from their natural habitat. They are forced into the "fight or flight response" position. Either to retreat or to fight for their territory. In this case, this giant salt water crocodile killed a human youth, either due to hunger or to fight against human encroachment.
As sad as the death of this boy is, it is very biological and ecology-oriented. We see alot of this same phenomenon in the animal world. When two apex species live next to each other and compete each other for the same valuable resource; it is inevitable that they will clash. We see this in the Sarangheti of Africa. Hyenas and Lions clash with one another because both are apex predators who hunt the same prey. Hyena packs will attack lion cubs, and in response to that, Lionesses will hunt down an entire clan of Hyenas. There is a war-orientation to this because when Lionesses or an Alpha Lion male kills hyenas, they will not eat them. They kill them just to exterminate competition.
Humans, as the masters of the planet are in the highest echelon of predators. Lions, crocodiles, wolves, bears all fall prey to Man. It is natural that Man will clash with other apex predators. To kill or be killed.
In the long run, Man will always win. God has equipped us with something that other animals do not have. The Mind, and Human Logical thinking. It is what makes us pseudo-divine. Made In His Own Image.
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