{"id":338121,"date":"2025-12-09T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/338121\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:52:09","slug":"two-crocodiles-sighted-on-maputos-samora-machel-avenue-during-drainage-works-exercise-extra-caution-when-moving-through-the-area-municipality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/338121\/","title":{"rendered":"Two crocodiles sighted on Maputo\u2019s Samora Machel Avenue during drainage works; \u201cExercise extra caution when moving through the area\u201d \u2013 Municipality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Conselho Municipal de Maputo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two crocodiles were sighted in a box culvert on Samora Machel Avenue, in the city of Maputo, during cleaning work related to the drainage project in the \u2018Baixa da Cidade\u2019 area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first crocodile was sighted on Saturday, and the second yesterday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The relevant authorities were promptly notified and are currently monitoring the situation, ensuring the safe removal of the animals and the protection of workers and residents, reads a Maputo Municipality warning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Municipality further urges the public \u201cto exercise extra caution when moving through the [Baixa] area and to follow the instructions of the technical teams on site while cleaning and monitoring operations are underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jornalnoticias.co.mz\/destaque\/crocodilos-avistados-na-drenagem-da-samora-machel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Noticias<\/a> \/Conselho Municipal de Maputo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Conselho Municipal de Maputo Two crocodiles were sighted in a box culvert on Samora Machel Avenue, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-338121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}