Man catching crocodile

Crocodiles are not especially common in Sarawak but they are responsible for an occasional death.They are found not only in the rivers but along the coast as well.Quite number of people specialise in the catching of the crocodiles which are generally speared at night by lamplight.

Unfortunately the crocodiles which are best worth catching are the smaller and less dangerous ones as the valuable belly skin decreases sharply in value with size.Two men at Samarahan catching the smaller size of Crocodile.Photo Circa 1950's.

Photo by Hedda Morrisson

 

Crocodile Caught in Kuching

Crocodile weight about 600kg caugt at Kampung Selang,near to Telaga Air Matang.As the crocs caught at Sungai Teruntum ,Kampung Selang. Sarawak Governor (his House near to Kampung) named this crocs as Bujang Selang.In Sarawak,most of the Crocodile given surname as Bujang (Bujang Senang,Bujang Samarahan etc) attach under is cutting from online newspaper Kosmo and Utusan Malaysia related news to this crocodile.

KUCHING - Buaya Bujang Teruntum yang ditangkap di Sungai Teruntum berdekatan rumah rehat Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak, Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng di sini kelmarin adalah seberat 629 kilogram (kg) berbanding anggaran asal 300kg.

Berikutan berat luar biasa itu, Abang Muhammad Salahuddin menukar gelaran reptilia itu kepada Bujang Selang yang mengambil sempena nama kampung tempat buaya itu ditangkap.

Berat buaya tersebut disahkan oleh pegawai Perbadanan Perhutanan Sarawak (SFC) yang menimbang reptilia sepanjang lima meter itu setelah ia diangkat oleh sekumpulan 15 lelaki ke atas tebing sungai semalam.

Kerja-kerja menimbang berat buaya itu dilakukan selepas ia dikeluarkan dari sangkar yang memerangkapnya di sungai berkenaan untuk dibawa ke Pusat Perlindungan Hidupan Liar Matang di sini.

Artikel Penuh: http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2013&dt=0129&pub=Kosmo&sec=Negara&pg=ne_03.htm#ixzz2Jct0gSO1
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KUCHING 28 Jan. - Walaupun menyedari terdapat banyak buaya dalam sungai di hadapan rumah rehatnya di Kampung Selang di sini, Yang Dipertua Negeri Sarawak, Tun Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng tidak menyangka salah seekor daripadanya mencecah berat sehingga 620 kilogram.

Menurutnya, buaya sepanjang lima meter tersebut merupakan yang pertama ditangkap dengan seberat itu.

''Sebelum ini Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) ada menangkap seekor buaya di sungai ini tetapi tidaklah seberat kali ini,'' katanya ketika ditemui semasa melihat alat penimbang khas yang digunakan oleh SFC untuk menimbang berat buaya itu di sini hari ini.

Yang hadir sama isteri beliau, Toh Puan Norkiah Abdullah. Malah Norkiah memaklumkan beliau pernah ternampak reptilia yang lebih besar di sungai itu tahun lalu.

Menurut Abang Muhammad Salahuddin, buaya tersebut yang ditangkap semalam sepatutnya ditukar nama daripada Bujang Teruntum kepada Bujang Selang bersesuaian dengan nama kampung ini iaitu Kampung Selang.

Buaya tembaga jantan itu ditangkap oleh beberapa anggota SFC di Sungai Teruntum yang terletak dalam kawasan rumah rehat Abang Muhammad Salahuddin selepas melakukan operasi memburu sejak seminggu lalu.

Menurut SFC, kesemua reptilia yang diburu itu tidak akan dibunuh sebaliknya dipindahkan ke Matang Wildlife bagi mengelak ancaman bahaya kepada penduduk.

Selepas berjaya mengeluarkan Bujang Selang dari sangkar, pihak SFC terpaksa meminta bantuan pekerja ladang di situ bagi mengusung reptilia tersebut.

Keadaan semakin berisiko apabila mereka perlu mengusung reptilia tersebut dan mendaki bukit sejauh 200 meter dengan mengambil masa lebih tiga jam.

Hari ini Utusan Malaysia melaporkan SFC berjaya menangkap seekor buaya sepanjang lima meter yang dipercayai membaham anjing peliharaan pekerja ladang selepas terperangkap di dalam sangkar khas dengan umpan bangkai ayam

Artikel Penuh: http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20130129/dn_12/Buaya-tembaga-seberat-620kg#ixzz2JctMZzfq
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Awas ada Buaya

Awas ada buaya (Beware Of Crocodile) : Where got Crocodile In Sarawak ?? hahaha very stupid question to ask,but if you dont know,almost every big and small river in Sarawak have crocodile,and this crocodile have long brutal history against human especially against human live nearby the river.Every year there are several cases of crocodile attack and eating human,in some cases,the body of victim never found again.But,people still using river in sarawak as their source of income and route of transportation.

Rajang river and samarahan River are known with their brutal crocodile and the crocodile have their own name which is known as Bujang Senang and bujang Samarahan,during 1980's ,Rejang river rampaged by Bujang senang,a legendary crocodile among local and even for sarawakian. There's a myth saying Bujang Senang is human cursed becoming a crocodile and since then he make revenge against the descendant of the people's that cursed him.Malay and Iban are most people attack and kill by the crocodile including by Bujang Senang.

At the end of 1980's large hunting conducted by Forest Department of sarawak,hunting Bujang Senang because Bujang Senang attack and kill people and make people live nearby hard to use the river and doing their daily job.In Sarawak,river is source for food,generate income and for transportation. During this operation the Forest department managed to kill one gigantic crocodile and they confirm it as Bujang Senang,The dead crocodile have a white stripe on it back,some people says,that the dead crocodile is not Bujang Senang but his assistant Daeng perani..who knows the real story?? But since then ,the rampage at Batang Lupar gone.. only sometimes there's still vicious attack by crocodile but not from Bujang Senang,maybe by other crocs.Maybe descendant of Bujang Senang,who lnows.His Son avenged the death of hos father...hahahha,and the legend still continue until today.

Recent years,the Crocs rise again,attacking human not only in Batang Lupar but in other part of sarawak,even at the beach (Pasir Pandak)..Some people says that Crocodile numbers are rising in these few years and since no hunting against them,crocs are multiply each years..without no competitors like piranha or other type of Predator here in Borneo,The crocs not only multiplying but can get bigger and bigger and become monster crocs.