English: Located in Tai Ban subdistrict, Muang district, Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo, the Thailand’s first crocodile farm, was founded in 1950. It is now considered the world’s largest crocodile farm accredited by Crocodiles Specialist Group –CSG to ensure the conformity toCITES and the Wildlife Preservation and ProtectionAct2535 (B.E.).
The place is also employed as a breeding facility for all crocodile species with over 40,000 crocodiles in captivity so as to provide knowledge about a life cycle of crocodiles in all details. Daily shows feature catching crocodiles bare-handed, elephant shows, and monkey shows.The farm also home toa variety of wildlife creatures, e.g. tigers, gibbons, turtles, reticulated pythons, Burmese pythons, birds, camels, hippopotamuses,and various fish species. There is also a dinosaur museum displaying bones and a life-size model of 13 dinosaur species, and videos depicting prehistoric humans and animals. Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo is open daily from 07:00 to 18:00.
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