Like many doting nannas, Vicki Lowing thinks her grandchildren are the most beautiful things she’s ever laid eyes on.
With their scaly green skin, razor-sharp teeth and long, thrashing tails, these five-month-old babies might not be everybody’s idea of cute – but don’t tell Vicki that!
‘They are absolutely gorgeous,’ the 59-year-old Melbournian gushes of Johnie Junior, aka JJ, and Fovian Junior (FJ), who are her pet freshwater croc Johnie’s first offspring.
Vicki, who shares her home with five crocs, seven snakes, eight lizards, three turtles and four cats, was astounded when she realised her favourite pet was expecting.
Although another of Vicki’s crocodiles, 10-year-old Fovian, had taken quite a shine to Johnie – and she’d often catch them in compromising positions throughout the house – the licensed wildlife keeper…
