Ramchandar Charatkar, From Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra Meet the Crocodile Whisperers of India! For more than a decade, he has been feeding the reptiles around twice a week.
Ramchandar Charatkar, a 38-year old poultry trader. As he whistles, about half a dozen crocodiles swim close to Tiracol river 's bank, a couple of snouts sticking out of the water as the whistling continues to rend the air.
around half a dozen crocodiles swim close to the bank, all responding to Ramchandar's shrill whistles.
For more than a decade, he has been feeding the reptiles around twice a week.
He told The Times of India, that he throws the crocodiles a dead chicken, after whistling to beckon them, while standing on the river bank perched 15 feet from the water. The predators emerge, grab the prize, rip it apart, and vamoose, the Mathematics graduate said. He feeds them chicken leftovers of an entire dead bird.
He says that there would be at least 25 crocodiles around the river stretch currently. It is a floating population, with some reptiles swimming to other parts of the river with the current.
Soham Mukherjee, a herpetologist, claims that crocodiles are 'trainable' creatures, and explains their behaviour. What Ramchander's whistle did is behaviourally condition the crocodiles, he says.
Mukherjee, who was an assistant curator at Madras Crocodile Bank, claimed that crocodiles could be trained to follow at least 25 target behaviours.
Ramchandar doesn't fear the crocodiles, and claims they haven't harmed anyone, including the buffaloes that plod through the waters to graze on the other bank. His wife is also familiar with them and has nothing to fear. Even his father, Vishnu, claimed that villagers go fishing and sand mining, and return unharmed.
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