TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - After residents of Jakarta’s coastal areas were shocked by a sighting of a crocodile in the waters of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Jakartans were in for another surprise by yet another crocodile sighting at the Grogol River in West Jakarta.
“The report [of the crocodile sighting] came in yesterday,” said West Jakarta’s Head of fire management and evacuation Rompis Ramlih today, June 27.
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Rompis explained that he already dispatched a team to handle the report and has monitored the location in search of the crocodile since Wednesday morning. “The team is still on the location [this afternoon] since we have yet found the crocodile,” he said.
Rompis is yet able to confirm whether there is more than one crocodile that emerged at the river. However, a social media user suggested that there is more than one crocodile in the river.
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Crocodile is known as an active predator, which is why its sighting in the middle of an urban setting must not be taken lightly. On June 14, a crocodile emerged in Tanjung Priok and was shot by a member of the Indonesian Navy, but the crocodile remains to be seen till this day.
Adam Prireza
