{"id":148165,"date":"2023-10-06T11:15:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148165"},"modified":"2023-10-04T15:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T19:45:54","slug":"military-helicopter-noises-contribute-to-australian-crocodile-mating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148165","title":{"rendered":"Military helicopter noises contribute to Australian crocodile mating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crocadiles-at-bar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-148166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crocadiles-at-bar-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crocadiles-at-bar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crocadiles-at-bar-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crocadiles-at-bar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crocadiles-at-bar-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crocadiles-at-bar.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Singapore&#8217;s Armed Forces, while conducting bilateral military training near a crocodile farm, used this crocodile farm as a geographic marking point. The noises made by these helicopters resulted in the large males roaring and bellowing at the sky. After the helicopters had flown off, the crocodiles mated like crazy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>From:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While the racy reptiles may usually tune in to classics like Elton John&#8217;s &#8220;Crocodile Rock&#8221; for mood-setting purposes, on select flight nights, under a waxing moon, it is these vibrations from the heavens that stir unencumbered desires for the semiaquatic beasts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All of the big males got up and roared and bellowed up at the sky, and then after the helicopters left they mated like mad,&#8221; John Lever, owner of the Koorana Crocodile Farm, told the Australian outlet following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s something about the sonic waves that really gets them stirred up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Steamed up from rotary bladed aphrodisiacs, the farm&#8217;s 3,000-plus crocs are likely to yield a large crop of eggs this season, Lever added.<\/p>\n<p>The Singapore Armed Forces regularly hold nearby bilateral military training operations and use the crocodile farm as a geographic marking point, the Australian outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the unique aerial influence, the incident is not the first time a reptile species was affected by a military aircraft cacophony. In this particular case, however, experts are still exploring the reasoning behind a breeding episode that would have made even Steve Irwin wince.<\/p>\n<p>Some researchers told the Australian outlet that males may mistake the chopper sound for a scaly competitor looking to steal their crocodile crush. Others, meanwhile, suggested the crocs may be able to detect changes in barometric pressure, signaling the start of mating season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Military Times provides additional information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2023\/10\/04\/military-helicopter-noise-may-put-australian-crocodiles-in-the-mood\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore&#8217;s Armed Forces, while conducting bilateral military training near a crocodile farm, used this crocodile farm &hellip; <a title=\"Military helicopter noises contribute to Australian crocodile mating\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148165\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Military helicopter noises contribute to Australian crocodile mating<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}