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Miss Universe Australia Rachael Finch flees monster croc
Northern Territory News via News.com.au ^
| July 31, 2009
| Daniel Bourcher
Posted on 08/01/2009 11:10:21 AM PDT by Schnucki
* Miss Universe Australia visits croc park
* Gets too close to "Eric"
* Monster saltie chooses her over chicken
MISS Universe Australia Rachael Finch met some crocodiles during her Northern Territory visit yesterday and had to run for her life when a 5m croc named Eric lunged at her.
The stunner told the Northern Territory News it was an incredible - yet scary - experience.
She said it was one of the more unusual events she had been involved in since being announced winner of the pageant in April.
"As soon as I saw him move I got nervous," she said as she laughed about her brush with the huge saltie.
The bubbly beauty visited Crocodylus Park in Darwin to meet some of the biggest crocs in captivity.
The park was established 30 years ago and is home to more than a thousand crocs from 30cm long hatchlings to massive adults.
Finch left Darwin last night to begin her trip to the Bahamas where she will represent Australia at the international finale of Miss Universe in August.
The former model from Queensland, beat 31 other finalists to win Miss Universe Australia - the award formerly won by Jennifer Hawkins, who then famously went on to become Miss Universe in 2004.
Model scout Henry Peterson encouraged Finch to enter the pageant after spotting her "underneath the wings of a Boeing 747 at Townsville Airport".
"When I first saw her I knew she was special," he said after she won.
No doubt the saltie, who liked the look of Finch more than his chicken, would agree.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: australia; crocodile; missuniverse
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:10:21 AM PDT
by
Schnucki
To: Schnucki
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:11:28 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
To: Schnucki
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:12:11 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:12:49 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
To: Schnucki
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:14:08 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: Schnucki
I can’t say I blame it.
I probably would have done the same as the croc if I was there. ;^)
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:14:47 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: Schnucki
Well, she does look good enough to eat, yum
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:14:48 AM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Move over NetZero - Obama's in the house!)
To: Perdogg
Good thing she got away—looks like a two-bite meal for a croc.
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:15:23 AM PDT
by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: RichInOC
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:15:46 AM PDT
by
squirt
(POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED, FOR THE SAME REASON)
To: COBOL2Java
To heck with chicken, I want chick.
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:16:12 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Where's the REAL birth certificate? - Jim Robinson)
To: Las Vegas Ron
Yep.
She seems very lickable..
I mean likeable.
I would also like to get to chew her better.
KNOW her better...
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:17:06 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:18:10 AM PDT
by
Bratch
To: Schnucki
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:29:47 AM PDT
by
ex-snook
("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: Schnucki
Hmmm. Not a very bright croc. There’s not any meat on her bones. Just some unnatural looking bumps up top...
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:31:51 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
To: Perdogg
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:44:00 AM PDT
by
Loyalist
(If a tree falls in the forest, and the media is not there to cover it, does it make a headline?)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
08/01/2009 11:54:20 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Schnucki
To: Las Vegas Ron
Well, she does look good enough to eat, yumYep, that's probably what the croc was thinking.
To: Isabel C.
Yep, that's probably what the croc was thinking. And all this time we thought crocs were just dumb reptiles....
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posted on
08/01/2009 12:32:08 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Move over NetZero - Obama's in the house!)
To: RandallFlagg
Yep.
She seems very lickable..
I mean likeable.
I would also like to get to chew her better. KNOW her better...
That was cute. It reminds me of those goofy things that junior high school boys say when they're trying to impress their friends.
To: Perdogg
She should eat a sandwich.
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posted on
08/01/2009 12:42:16 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: Sawdring
The chicken looks like it has more meat on it's bones.
The Croc must have been confused.
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posted on
08/01/2009 1:03:58 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Will the real JIM THOMPSON please pick up the white phone)
To: IYAS9YAS
“Hmmm. Not a very bright croc. There’s not any meat on her bones. Just some unnatural looking bumps up top...”
Perhaps he’s on a diet? What’s her Weight Watchers points value?
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posted on
08/01/2009 4:59:21 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
To: GreenLanternCorps
What’s her Weight Watchers points value?Probably a 3.
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posted on
08/01/2009 5:57:17 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
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