A ‘pet’ crocodile has tugged at heart strings after it was recaptured at a popular tourist spot, with some terrified about how close the mammoth reptile was found to the community. The saltwater crocodile was snapped by Australian woman Deb Schnippins who posted photos while she was on Legian Beach in Bali on Wednesday. Images […]
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Queensland proposal to remove more large crocodiles could raise risk of attacks, experts warn
Critics of a proposal to remove more large crocodiles from Queensland’s populated far north coast say the move will result in a “silent cull” and could actually put more people at risk of attack. The Queensland government said crocodile numbers had been slowly rising and it was conducting modelling to see what impact taking more […]
Swine dining: crocodiles are thriving in the NT and it could be because of feral pigs
The exponential increase in saltwater crocodile populations in the Northern Territory in recent decades may be partly a result of them preying on feral pigs, new research suggests. Scientists who have analysed the diets of saltwater crocodiles in the Territory believe the reptiles have shifted from marine prey to predominantly terrestrial food sources in the […]
Animal lover risks death to remove tyre from around female crocodile’s neck
In Indonesia, a giant four-meter (13.12-foot) crocodile has been freed from a motorcycle tire that had been wrapped around his neck for six years. According to Reuters, a local animal lover was ultimately successful after several efforts over the last six years. The female saltwater crocodile was initially spotted in 2016 and quickly earned the […]
Schoolgirl and fisherman eaten by huge saltwater crocodile
After being accused of eating a fisherman and a schoolgirl, the world’s largest saltwater crocodile died of ‘stress.’ Lolong, a 21-foot-long lizard, was named the world’s largest of its kind in captivity by Guinness World Records in 2012. The crocodile was supposed to have eaten a fisherman who inexplicably vanished from Bunawan, Philippines, before being […]
Colombo’s seagoing crocodiles under pressure after diver’s killing
COLOMBO — The recent killing of a fisherman by a crocodile off the coast of the Sri Lankan capital has shone a spotlight on the city’s long-overlooked crocs — and also sparked calls for them to be moved elsewhere. In the Jan. 3 incident, Somasiri Peries, 58, who collected ornamental marine fish for a living, […]
Queensland man uses pocket knife to fight off crocodile dragging him into river
A Queensland man has escaped the jaws of a crocodile by stabbing it in the head with a pocket knife as it dragged him into a river on Cape York. Parks and Wildlife officers said the 60-year-old had been fishing on his property on the banks of a remote part of the McIvor River, near […]
As humans close in on their habitat, crocodiles in the Philippines snap back
PALAWAN, Philippines — What do you do if you encounter a saltwater crocodile on your way home? For Roozie Quea Idlana, a resident of the town of Balabac in the Philippines, the answer is simple: Just keep walking. In Idlana’s neighborhood, the houses are built on stilts, tucked within mangrove forests. Encounters with saltwater crocodiles […]