Luan Nam Death – According to various sources, a crocodile enclosure in Cambodia on Friday resulted in the death of a man who owned the reptile farm. 72-year-old Luan Nam, the reptile farmer slipped into the crocodile cage and was killed. He was attempting to move a crocodile from a cage within the enclosure where it had placed eggs. The crocodile was in the process of laying eggs when the incident happened.
According to the New Straits Times (NST), Nam was attempting to move the animal using a stick when the crocodile managed to bite onto the stick and pull Nam into the pool that was located inside of the enclosure where the crocodiles were kept. According to the NST report, Mey Savry, the chief of police for the Siem Reap commune, stated that the remains of the man’s body were covered in bite marks.
The crocodile farm that Nam owned and operated in Siem Reap, Cambodia, was home to approximately forty of the reptiles. Photos that were received by the Khmer Times showed that one of the crocodiles had a sandal in its jaws, while another shot showed crocodiles surrounding an area that was blurred out, indicating where Nam’s body was located after the attack.
About Crocodiles
The tropics of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Australia are all home to crocodiles, which are enormous, semiaquatic reptiles. Alligators, caimans, gharials, false gharials, and other extinct taxa belong to the family Alligatoridae, and the term ‘crocodile’ is frequently used even more loosely to encompass all current members of the order Crocodilia. Crocodiles, alligators, and the gharial are all members of different biological families, despite their superficial similarities.
While morphological distinctions can be easily seen in crocodiles and alligators, the gharial’s small snout makes it stand out. Crocodiles are easily distinguished from alligators and caimans due to their narrower and longer heads and more V-shaped than U-shaped snout.
The teeth in the lower jaw of a crocodile fall along the edge or outside the upper jaw when the mouth is closed, making all teeth visible. This is in contrast to an alligator, whose upper jaw has small depressions into which the lower teeth fit. The crocodile’s massive fourth lower jaw tooth fits into a narrow upper jaw space when the mouth is closed. The projecting tooth is the most consistent way to determine the species’ family when dealing with difficult specimens.
In contrast to alligators, crocodiles have more webbing on their rear feet, and their specialised salt glands for filtering out salt allow them to live in saltwater with more ease. The crocodile’s extreme aggressiveness is yet another distinguishing feature.
Luan Nam obituary and funeral arrangements will be released by family members
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