Understanding wildlife key to human-crocodile coexistence, says expert

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – Out on a night hunt for mud crabs in a mangrove patch along the shorelines in Barangay Kawas, Alabel town in Sarangani, a resident hacked what he suspected was a large monitor lizard.

The fisherman immediately brought home the reptile. In the kitchen, he noticed something odd. It was not a monitor lizard that he killed, but a juvenile crocodile, prompting him to refer it to their village leader.

The incident happened a decade ago, early evening of September 21...