Jamaica

Families

Afamdi Branch

The Steeles

[The Foleys] [The Inkwoods]

Creatures

Breeding

About more commonly a branch of family voodoo, and then continued on and picked up by the community.

Crocodile Repopulation

As the American crocodile was slowly becoming an endangered species, there was a plan to balance them back into a proper predator, so that they could balance out the food chain and provide for a healthier habitat. The wizards of Jamaica turned towards breeding methods, with a bit of assistance from Voodoo families.

The result was a crocodile with a ridge pattern and limbs similar to that of an American Croodile, but the physical figure (head, tail, size, weight, and length) of a Nile Crocodile. When they sunbathe their scales dry, rise, and lengthen, taking on the pattern and texture of bark. Once the crocodile is wet again their scales whittle back down their normal size and texture.

Because of their newly acquired traits these breed of American Crocodiles generally go unnoticed by most muggles, and if muggles due notice them, crocodiles (averaging around 20 feet long), will usually eat them. Since they're an antisocial creature, their large carnivorous diet isn't an immediate concern, nonetheless, if they're being pests, Caribbean governments will usually try to feign political responsibility onto Jamaican wizards, to which their usual response amounts to, "We could've used a saltie."

Nonetheless, governments associated with the Caribbean consider them a pest, due to their habit of eating humans (mostly muggles.) They usually try and make an attempt at relocating them, away from overpopulated areas but some wizards, especially in Florida, also like to purchase them on the black market and throw them into nearby habitats.

When the creatures are used a political or social mudslinging, the usual rebuke is,

Footnotes

1. Saltwater Croc: averaging about 500-1,000 lbs and 4-5 feet more/longer than a Nile Crocodile