By popular vote through the BIOPARC website, the two females known as “the ladies” that arrived from Denmark already have their own name.

The new group of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylusniloticus), composed of 2 females “the ladies” and a male, Samson, who arrived from Krokodille zoo in Eskilstrup (Denmark) are celebrating since from today The females already have their own names: Taren and Dalila.

Since their arrival in Valencia, the team of caretakers of the Valencian park made the decision to give a name to each of the females that until then lacked one and that the election would have the participation of all interested people through a vote. popular through the BIOPARC website. A short list of names related to the name of the male was proposed, as well as being recognizable and easy for the public to remember. The three options and corresponding scoring were as follows: firstly Taren and Dalila with 56%, followed by Dali and Lila who have obtained 28% and, finally, with 16% Zora and Manoa.

The three crocodiles continue their adaptation and acclimatization process to their new installation.

Since his arrival at Foundation we can see this group in the remodeled space intended for this species in the Kitum cave of the park in a acclimatization process which is still underway as planned. The adaptation to their new enclosure is being favored by the Valencian climate, which implies more hours of sunshine and warmer temperatures than in the Nordic country where they lived.

Furthermore, like other multispecies spaces from BIOPARC, in this case they coexist with fish that are also native to their African habitat, which stimulates their research. The technical team is working to ensure that they have maximum well-being and that their diet is correct, which also implies a process, as well as experience and a lot of “patience.” Samson and Delilah They were the only ones to eat the first food that was served to them in the sand area, as well as inside the estuary of their outer enclosure and subsequently they spent two weeks without appetite due to the weather and the drop in temperature that the sand area suffered. Levante and that kept them more passive. With the arrival of the first days of sunshine, the three of them ate, first fish and then chicken and their vitamin supplements.

Now the next step is to get them used to entering their interior shelter to feed and, to do this, a positive reinforcement technique is carried out which, in this case, associates sound with food. The keepers have implemented a device through which they move rattles when the crocodiles approach the shelter so that the animals associate this noise with food, understand that it is time to feed, and enter the interior enclosure. The existence of two zones responds to a double need, on the one hand, to carry out the maintenance of the outdoor area from cleaning windows, sand, etc. And on the other hand, that inner shelter It guarantees your well-being by being conditioned to remain warm during the times when winter involves a drop in temperatures to 0 or 2 degrees, especially at the end of January and February.

The water in the enclosure remains hot, above 25ºC, at a temperature suitable for these reptiles and they also have heat points consisting of thermal blankets on the floor and plates that radiate heat from the upper part, which favors the animals are always in perfect condition.

This was his arrival at BIOPARC Valencia.