Crocodiles, May 1960
I have two OK-zles for you today. There's nothing really wrong with these scans, except that they are a little bit boring. As is often the case with photos from the Jungle Cruise, as much as I love it. I know how much all of you like semiaquatic reptiles, so I'm featuring some crocodiles. By popular demand?
First up is this familiar look at a trio of crocs, which (I believe) were visible by people not on the ride - I think this is where the Rivers of the World merge into the Rivers of America. There are no ducks on the crocodiles, which is very disappointing. What better thing could a duck have going on? The eternal question.
Elsewhere, another triad of crocodiles; these grumpy fellows a guarding the crumbling ruins of a small temple that contained a golden idol. Watch out for the giant spiderweb (complete with spider), too! The spider won't hurt you, but it's pretty gross to walk through a spiderweb, you must admit.
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Since these are animatronic crocs, the only ducks you would see perched atop them would be AEDs. If one of the crocs decided he wanted a tasty duck dinner he would get blowed up real good!
Did these three crocs have any movement? It looks like there are a few ripples around them. Maybe they just submerged, and re-emerged every once in a while? The scene looks very realistic with the murky water and overhanging foliage.
This must be a mama croc and her two smaller young'uns. I think we can just barely see the spider web (and maybe a toe of the spider) at the very top of the image.
No Snoozles this Sunday, but Snoozle adjacent. Thanks, Major.
Betty White kept that big one in the middle fed. And this is the part where if she had a.......
Oops, never mind!
I'll be back to see where this leads...
Crocodiles are like celebrity deaths, they only come in threes.
I wish I remembered when the two Rivers connected. I know I was there but too young to recall it. The ducks were off work that day.
I wonder what they use to dye the water that color? Whatever it is, it’s effective.
Thanks Major!
JG
JB, I am now wondering if there is a way to defuse an AED? Sort of like removing the scent glands from a skunk. Or the poison glands from cobras so that we can all cuddle with king cobras like we want to. The crocs in the first photo were static, but the ones in the second photo would (I believe) rise up from underwater, and at least that middle fellow would sing “Windy” by The Association. I didn’t even think that the three could be mama and her two croclets, but anything is possible.
TokyoMagic!… uh… Betty White?? I’m sure it will all make sense. When I am in the funny farm!
zach, I’ll be right there with you.
JG, “…celebrity deaths, they only come in threes”… this is why I get nervous when a big celebrity dies. As a famous and beloved blogger, will I be next?? I kind of wish the jungle river still visibly connected to the Rivers of America, though I suppose that most people wouldn’t even notice it. I’ve always wondered how they dyed the river that “muddy” greenish too, since it’s semi-opaque.
Argh, Blogger signed me out again! What is going on, Blogger?
I could tell by the writing style it was you Major!
I recall being able to see three crocs from the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse. Don't recall ever seeing the treehouse from the jungle cruise.
On the Celebrities in Threes thing. Way back you'd see that in gossip columns all the time. Remember one instance where the trio included Sebastian Cabot. When a bigger star passed, poor Sebastian was no longer mentioned.
TOKYO: because Betty White’s character kept the giantic crocodile fed in the film LAKE PLACID ??
At WDW, the connection between the JC and RoA marked the border from Liberty Square to Frontierland, representing the Mississippi in a way.
TokyoMagic!… uh… Betty White?? I’m sure it will all make sense. When I am in the funny farm!
TOKYO: because Betty White’s character kept the gigantic crocodile fed in the film LAKE PLACID ??
Major, Mike guessed correctly. Betty White plays a foul-mouthed local in "Lake Placid." She keeps feeding the alligator that's terrorizing the area, and when confronted by local authorities as to whether or not the alligator ate her husband, she delivers a wonderfully dirty line!
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