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Home » Tourist Attractions in Chennai » Crocodile Bank

Crocodile Bank

Chennai has got something new to offer to every individual tourist and so, there is the Crocodile Bank for the wild animal lovers. You will be finding the Crocodile Bank in the direction of Mahabalipuram. The Crocodile Bank is the home for thousand of species of both the Indian and African crocodiles and alligators. It is interesting to note that the Crocodile Bank was first set up in 1976 by herpetologist Romulus Whitaker. The Crocodile Bank spreads over 3.2 hectares and you would surely love the lush green surroundings of the place. You would be chocked to see such great variety of crocodiles over there and this Chennai attraction carries a special significance as it is actually rendering wonderful services in preserving the rare crocodile species.


The Crocodile Bank is regarded as the largest breeding site of the nation. This is the breeding place of both African and Indian crocodiles and alligators. A visit to the Crocodile Bank would make you aware of the ecological role that the crocodiles play in maintaining the ecological balance. We are living in an era where technology is gaining more and more prominence and people hardly care about the factors which determine a healthy ecological balance. And, thus, we must visit the Crocodile Bank in order to realize that even those wild reptiles are quite important in our lives. The crocodiles feed on sick and injured fish and so, crocodile breeding would automatically reduce the number of sick fish and sick fish do not play any vital role as far as ecological balance is concerned.



You can also get into a study on turtles, lizards and crocodiles over there. It is indeed a wonderful experience to view the crocodiles and alligators lazing in the open pools. You would get to see about 7000 crocodiles and alligators including American alligators, Dwarf crocodile from Africa, Morlet's crocodiles from Mexico in the Crocodile Bank and Siamese crocodile in the Crocodile Bank. An impressive number of crowds enjoy the venom extraction session in the snake farm where anti venom is produced.

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