Posted on 07/10/2018 6:19:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
IT TOOK 10 years but rangers have finally caught the biggest croc in the Katherine River — weighing in at a whopping 600kg.
CROCS in the Northern Territory aren’t rare — but they are at this size.
After a decade-long hunt, rangers in the Northern Territory have finally captured Katherine River’s biggest croc — weighing in at a whopping 600 kilograms and measuring 4.71 metres long, about the length of an average family car.
The hunt began after rumours of a “large dark tail” spotted near a local boat ramp, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
NT Parks and Wildlife rangers Chris Heydon and John Burke said it was very unusual to capture a croc this big in the Katherine River system.
“We average a 4.2 metre croc most years, but never this big,” Mr Burke said.
Despite its extremely heavy weight, rangers said the male croc, who might be over 60 years old, was not as difficult to trap.
“When they are this big we just sedate them, so there is no chance of us getting chomped,” Mr Heydon told the SMH.
The reptile will be taken to a croc farm in the Katherine region, NT Parks and Wildlife confirmed.
In the NT inland waters, a five-metre saltwater crocodile is considered to be rare.
“Although this is the biggest we’ve caught in the Katherine River, there are bigger ones out there that come up from the Daly River,” ranger Burke said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
NT Parks and Wildlife rangers caught a record 4.7m saltwater crocodile in Katherine yesterday. Picture: NT Parks and WildlifeSource:Supplied
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They also captured a 2.37 metre croc at a similar location, 60km away from the centre of Katherine. Picture: Katherine TimesSource:Supplied
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Saltire are dangerous and Australia is infested with them.
Be thankful that Megalania is extinct - in the past Australia had giant monitor lizards that made today’s Komodo Dragon look pint-sized in comparison.
Saltire?...................It’s on their flag..................
That’s a lotta shoes.
Why didn’t the Secret Sevice stop them. Hillary has protection, right?
Or a complete luggage set.
The way she treats them, they may have helped....................
is his former home being gentrified?
You miss understand. they said “a big croc” not “a big crock”
Thank God for duct tape.
There had to be a lot of the early settlers get eaten before they figured out the things were dangerous. Lots of things are extremely dangerous.
Ten years to catch a croc, good work if you can find it.
And people were complaining how long it was taking to catch Bin Laden with the Pakistanis protecting him.
It’s a National Park......................
I meant salties - these are marine crocodiles.
Apart from the dingo, Australia today has no large marsupial or metatherian predator of consequence.
The thylacine is extinct.
Everything in Australia will kill you..................
Thank God I'm not the person who has to remove that duct tape.
1322 pounds and 15 feet 5 inches long.
And 60 years old. That’s pretty impressive.
That must be terrifying for that little croc. In normal circumstances, I assume the big guy would make a meal of that little guy. In the wild, I’m guessing he always keeps a safe distance between himself and the big guy.
That must be terrifying for that little croc. In normal circumstances, I assume the big guy would make a meal of that little guy. In the wild, I’m guessing he always keeps a safe distance between himself and the big guy.
Yes, here's a croc eating another croc................
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