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ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17938 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
 Posted: 17-11-2012 21:03 Post subject: |
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Another Aussie croc, this time eats a girl.
| Quote: | Fears for Australia missing girl after crocodile attack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-20378949
Saltwater crocodiles are protected in Australia
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Australian police looking for a missing child say they have found what appear to be human remains inside a crocodile.
The seven-year-old girl was swimming with her family in a remote waterhole in the Northern Territory on Friday, when a saltwater crocodile attacked and dragged her under.
A day later rangers shot dead a three-metre-long reptile in the waterhole - or billabong.
Initial tests suggest its stomach contained human remains.
"Further forensic testing will be conducted in Darwin," a police spokesman told AFP news agency.
The incident occurred at the Gumarrirnbang outstation, about 500km (300 miles) east of Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory.
The girl was last seen being dragged under the water by the crocodile, which had also attacked a man who was with her in the billabong.
The BBC's Duncan Kennedy in Sydney says it is extremely rare for people to be attacked by saltwater crocodiles - a protected species in Australia.
In the latest case, police say there had been no previous sightings of crocodiles in the area, and the community believed the billabong was safe. |
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| stuneville Administrator
Joined: 09 Mar 2002 Total posts: 10230 Location: FTMB HQ Age: 46 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 17-11-2012 21:37 Post subject: |
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| quite a long time ago, I wrote: | | McAvennie wrote: |
Even then it's a bit off to kill it. They were there first. |
Agree entirely - IIRC it's in that sort of case that they generally relocate them (seen lots of Steve Irwin ventures of that ilk). |
..except, it seems they come back...
| Quote: | "Homing" Crocs Voyage Hundreds of Miles
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
September 26, 2007
Captured and relocated saltwater crocodiles can swim hundreds of miles to return to their home rivers, according to a new study.
A team of crocodile researchers, including the late Steve Irwin, seized three crocs near bays in Queensland, Australia, and flew them by helicopter to coastal spots between 32 and 81 miles (52 and 130 kilometers) away.
In the first satellite tracking study of wild crocodiles ever conducted, researchers kept tabs on the reptiles with a transmitter attached to the back of their heads. The device collected the data and relayed it via satellite.
The data revealed that once in ocean waters, the animals covered surprising distances—between 6 and 19 miles (10 and 30 kilometers) each day.
The reptiles headed homeward following navigational cues that scientists do not yet understand.
Because of the crocodiles' speedy return home, the study also concluded that relocating "problem" animals—which favor living near people—is not an effective strategy, and that other methods of controlling them should be developed. |
It goes on to talk about how maybe crocs being related to birds could explain it. |
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| sherbetbizarre Great Old One Joined: 04 Sep 2004 Total posts: 1418 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 19-11-2012 12:29 Post subject: |
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Drunk Australian asks for trouble...
| Quote: | | A drunk man who climbed into a crocodile enclosure in Australia and attempted to ride a 5m (16ft) long crocodile has survived his encounter. |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10611973
| Quote: | He had been chucked out of a pub in the town of Broome for being too drunk.
The man, Michael Newman, climbed over a fence and tried to sit on the 800kg (1,800lb) saltwater crocodile.
"No person in their right mind would try to sit on a 5m crocodile, Saltwater crocodiles, once they get hold of you, are not renowned for letting you go."
The man staggered back to the pub bleeding heavily.
Pub manager Mark Phillips said staff told him that the man reappeared at about 11pm with bits of bark hanging off him and flesh gouged out of his limbs. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17938 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 19-11-2012 13:22 Post subject: |
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| sherbetbizarre wrote: | Drunk Australian asks for trouble...
| Quote: | | A drunk man who climbed into a crocodile enclosure in Australia and attempted to ride a 5m (16ft) long crocodile has survived his encounter. |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10611973
| Quote: | He had been chucked out of a pub in the town of Broome for being too drunk.
The man, Michael Newman, climbed over a fence and tried to sit on the 800kg (1,800lb) saltwater crocodile.
"No person in their right mind would try to sit on a 5m crocodile, Saltwater crocodiles, once they get hold of you, are not renowned for letting you go."
The man staggered back to the pub bleeding heavily.
Pub manager Mark Phillips said staff told him that the man reappeared at about 11pm with bits of bark hanging off him and flesh gouged out of his limbs. |
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Happened in 2010.
Just got this from Oz.
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17938 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 01-12-2012 22:58 Post subject: |
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And another.
| Quote: | Fears for Australia boy missing after crocodile attack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-20565373
Fatal attacks in Australia by saltwater crocodiles - a protected species - remain rare
Police in northern Australia are searching for a 12-year-old boy feared killed by a crocodile, the second potential fatality in two weeks.
The boy was swimming with a group of people at Port Bradshaw in East Arnhem Land, police said.
Other members of the group tried to spear the animal but it reportedly dragged the boy to deeper waters.
A girl aged seven disappeared two weeks ago and human remains were later found in a crocodile's stomach.
That attack took place at the Gumarrirnbang outstation, about 500km (300 miles) east of Darwin, the capital of Northern Territory.
'Tragic circumstance'
Saturday's attack was at Port Bradshaw, 80km south of the town of Nhulunbuy.
Police Superintendent Michael White said in a statement: "Initial reports suggest adults within the group tried to save the boy by spearing the animal, but the crocodile dragged the child out to deeper water.
"Officers from Nhulunbuy police station are currently at the scene of the attack and searching for the boy and the crocodile."
Supt White added: "This is a tragic circumstance for the child's family and friends, and highlights the dangers of swimming in waterways in the Top End."
A day after the attack two weeks ago, police rangers shot dead a three-metre-long reptile in the same waterhole - or billabong - where the girl went missing.
Tests suggest its stomach contained human remains.
Fatal attacks in Australia by saltwater crocodiles - a protected species - remain rare. |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17938 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 26-08-2013 02:29 Post subject: |
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Again. This time the victim deserves a Darwin award.
| Quote: | Australia man snatched in crocodile attack feared dead
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23833027
File picture of an estuarine crocodile, better known as the saltwater or saltie, in the Adelaide river near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory
Australia's Northern Territory is known for being infested with saltwater crocodiles which, despite their name, also swim in rivers
A man is believed to have been killed by a crocodile in Australia's Northern Territory while swimming in a river during a birthday party.
Police say he ignored signs to stay out of the water at a popular camping ground at Mary River, 65 miles (100km) from Darwin, the territory's capital.
The river has one of the highest crocodile populations in the area.
Onlookers watched in horror as the victim was suddenly attacked.
He was last seen in the crocodile's powerful jaws, reports the BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney. Police are searching for him.
The victim and another man had gone swimming across the river, and were swimming back when the crocodile attacked, police say.
"Several of the group in the party witnessed the male being taken in the jaws of the croc for a period of time, and then he was out of sight," Senior Sergeant Geoff Bahnert is quoted as saying by the AP news agency.
"The Mary River is known worldwide to have the greatest saturation of adult saltwater crocodiles in the world. You don't swim in the Mary River," he added.
Saltwater crocodiles can grow up 7m (23ft) long and weigh more than a tonne. They are a common feature of Australia's tropical north. |
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| Zilch5 Vogon Poet
Great Old One Joined: 08 Nov 2007 Total posts: 1528 Location: Western Sydney, Australia Gender: Male |
| Posted: 26-08-2013 04:51 Post subject: |
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| ramonmercado wrote: | | He was last seen in the crocodile's powerful jaws, reports the BBC's Phil Mercer in Sydney. Police are searching for him. |
I suspect Police won't find him. Just the idea of going swimming up there - the stupidity of it is mind boggling. |
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