Latest family-friendly attraction the Dubai Crocodile Park is set to open its doors tomorrow

Dubai Crocodile Park, the city's newest family-friendly attraction, is due to open its doors just a few days prior to Eid-al Fitr. The 20,000-square-metre facility houses 250 spry Nile Crocs, and the park is home to reptiles of all ages that thrive in a climate-controlled setting. There will be 150 adult crocodiles available for visitors to see, of which 30 are male and 120 are female. This was done on purpose to keep the 1:4 ratio.

The park, which has been eight years in the works, is placed away in Mushrif, Dubai, near to Mushrif Park. Adult tickets cost Dh95, while tickets for kids aged three to twelve cost Dh75. In addition, the park offers a variety of family-friendly activities, such as a unique natural history museum, an aquarium with an African lake theme, and sizable outdoor landscaped spaces. Visitors have the chance to watch the gorgeous animals from a variety of angles and can delight in feeding them at several feeding stations. The park also offers a variety of food options, and its architecture and surroundings are infused with a distinct African atmosphere.

All the large crocodiles are male and can grow to a length of 4.5 metres, although it is emphasised that size is not the only factor that distinguishes among species. Snot has a unique form as well. The male has a larger and stronger snot because he is prepared to fight during the mating season. The park's crocodiles are all the same age. The female crocodiles are roughly 20 years old, while the males are 25 years old. The male crocs came from a park in Tunisia, while the female crocs came from South Africa. Like humans, they have a lifespan of 70 to 80 years on average. They have an average lifespan of 100 years.

Males make an audible clicking sound with their jaws during courtship displays that may be heard from miles away. They cause the water to vibrate by ejecting low-frequency vibrations from their backs. Crocodiles may breed underwater, as they do in nature, thanks to the ponds' 1.5 to 2 m depth.

Long periods of time are spent with an animal's mouth open as it lays on the sand. In this image, the crocodile is controlling its body temperature. The ability to regulate body temperature in crocodiles is inferior to that in mammals. Crocodiles prefer temperatures between 30 and 32 degrees Celsius. They digest well at this temperature, and their immune system is in good working order. They, therefore, work continuously to keep this temperature. Crocodiles will frequently open their mouths when they are positioned in this way, allowing the brain to cool by evaporative cooling while the rest of the body heats up. However, this "mouth-gaping" stance is also a behavioural show that is employed even at night or in a downpour.

Between 28 and 34 degrees Celsius, the eggs begin to mature. This temperature is kept constant for Nile crocodiles by the nest's depth of burial, the kind of soil, and the number of suns. The disintegration of the plants ensures the incubation temperature in the case of a mound nest.

The temperature during the first 15 days of incubation determines the crocodile sex. A temperature of 30 to 33 degrees Celsius determines most male Nile crocodiles, whereas a temperature of 28 to 30 degrees and 33 to 34 degrees Celsius identifies females. A 90-day incubation period is typical.

About 40 hatchlings or baby crocodiles that were all hatched in the park less than a year ago are currently housed in the aquarium. Currently, they are around four months old. They will eventually grow to a height of over 5 metres.

They were viewed as the Sobek god's physical manifestation. In Egyptian temples devoted to the god, crocodiles were kept and revered. When they passed away, they were either buried in sizable necropolises or mummified and displayed in the temples.