Ok, so yall must remember the California Alligator Farm also, across La Palma Ave. from Knotts.One of the big attractions was an 18-year-old, 250-pound Galapagos tortoise named Humpy. Children of the owners would saddle up Billy the Alligator and Humpy and race them around a 75-foot circular path. Humpy strayed off the track once or twice and had got be pushed back while Billy slithered on course. However, the winner was Humpy every time. It took him 20 minutes to make it around the track. Some serious work also took place at the California Alligator Farm. They were the first to breed Mugger crocodiles, Cuban crocodiles, Ceylonese pythons, and the first to breed Nile crocodiles in the western hemisphere. Other attractions included a giant alligator, snapping turtles, and giant tortoises. It was the most complete reptile collection in the world and was advertised as one of the world’s largest reptile farms. It closed in 1984, and all the reptiles were shipped to Florida.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:42:39 +0000
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