{"id":244589,"date":"2026-01-21T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/244589\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:14:11","slug":"icas-new-security-guard-crocodile-spotted-chilling-in-waters-off-causeway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/244589\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;ICA&#8217;s new security guard?&#8217;: Crocodile spotted chilling in waters off Causeway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">A crocodile was recently spotted floating in waters off the Causeway, seemingly oblivious to the bustling traffic at the nearby crossing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">TikToker @sar_vin30 shared the sighting in a <a class=\"text-primary-500 hover:underline\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sar_vin30\/video\/7596302422100675847\" target=\"_blank\">23-second clip<\/a> posted on Jan 18. The video has since garnered over 300,000 views and 13,000 likes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">In the video, the crocodile was seen floating in waters off the Causeway, with its snout, body, and tail partially visible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">According to the user, the crocodile was spotted that same morning at about 8.30am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Estuarine crocodiles, also known as saltwater crocodiles, are the <a class=\"text-primary-500 hover:underline\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nparks.gov.sg\/florafaunaweb\/fauna\/2\/5\/259\" target=\"_blank\">only crocodile species<\/a> in Singapore and are classified as critically endangered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">They have been spotted in <a class=\"text-primary-500 hover:underline\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/singapore-seen\/video-of-large-crocodile-allegedly-swimming-in-sembawang-waters-goes-viral\" target=\"_blank\" data-discover=\"true\">waters off the Causeway periodically<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A common sight for border crossers<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;He&#8217;s always there,&#8221; one commenter wrote in Malay. &#8220;In the morning he&#8217;ll park near the wall, anyone who walks in the morning will definitely see him every day,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;Did you ask if he has a passport?&#8221; another netizen asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;ICA&#8217;s new security guard?&#8221; one joked.<\/p>\n<p>Do not provoke, touch, or feed crocodiles<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) advises members of the public not to approach, provoke, touch, or feed crocodiles in the event of an encounter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The public can contact NParks&#8217; Animal Response Centre at 1800-476-1600 to report a crocodile sighting or to call for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Get more of Stomp&#8217;s latest updates by following us on:<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crocodile was recently spotted floating in waters off the Causeway, seemingly oblivious to the bustling traffic at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[24140,8166,111,139,69,147,106148,406],"class_list":["post-244589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-checkpoint","tag-crocodile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-tnp-news","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}