The German Family Living with a Crocodile: Christian Kaulis and the Extraordinary Life of Ms. Meier

At forty-five years old, Ms. Meier is still strong and healthy, and crocodiles in the wild can live to be a century old. The Kaulis family therefore looks forward to many more years with her. Christian often jokes that she will outlive him, and that his children may one day inherit not only the family home but also the responsibility of caring for their scaly relative. For them, this is not a burden but an honor.