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Thai campsite closed after crocodile sightings
Sep 5, 2009, 2:28 GMT
Bangkok - Officials have closed a popular campsite at a national park in eastern Thailand after repeated sightings of a pair of 2-metre-long crocodiles, media reports said Saturday.
Khao Yai National Park officials have posted 'beware of crocodiles' signs and temporarily closed a campsite near Lam Takhong creek in Khao Yai, 250 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, to facilitate a search for the reptiles, the Bangkok Post said.
The cautionary step was taken after local newspapers ran front-page photos of the crocodile couple taken by campers.
Thai veterinary experts speculated that the crocodiles are escapees from a commercial crocodile farm because Khao Yai has never been a natural habitat for the reptiles.
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