The Omo River is full of crocodiles. We were taking the boat to Labuk village and were almost there when we saw one crocodile dragging another (dead) crocodile in the water. As we approached it tried to drag it underwater but failed and just left it. It may have been shot, but it was hard to tell because the piece where the wound might have been was ripped off by the other croc. As I was photographing it, Shaka fish (Karo name for Catfish) that were about a meter long started eating the bottom of the dead croc. All the movement you see in the water is from the shaka fish tugging pieces off of it from the bottom.
Buy This ImageEthiopia’s Omo Valley | Africa’s Last Frontier, National Geographic Magazine: Crocodile Dies on the Bank of the Omo River, Ethiopia
October 31, 2011 By
