Crocodilians

The discipline

Crocodilians get their own discipline because nobody teaches them as one. Crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials are kept at zoos, farms, sanctuaries, and private facilities all over the world, and almost everything the people running those places know was learned on the job. This discipline covers crocodilian biology and behavior, species identification, water quality and filtration, thermal and basking design, enclosure and barrier construction, feeding and growth, safe capture and restraint, tape and rope technique, transport, facility design, staff safety and protocols, breeding and incubation, human-crocodile conflict, relocation, and field research. The goal is to put on paper what has only ever passed from one handler to the next, so the next keeper starts with the knowledge and not the scars.

What you'll learn

• 01Crocodilian biology, behavior and species identification
• 02Water quality, filtration and thermal design
• 03Enclosure and barrier construction
• 04Feeding and growth
• 05Safe capture, restraint, tape and rope technique
• 06Transport, facility design and staff protocols
• 07Breeding and incubation
• 08Human-crocodile conflict, relocation and field research

Where it leads

Every discipline feeds the certification path — formal, earned credentials produced with the faculty and always bought separately, never bundled into a membership. Certification courses begin releasing in Q4 2026.