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.
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choot ‘em Holdie, choot ‘em!
...The reptile will be taken to a croc farm in the Katherine region, NT Parks and Wildlife confirmed.
He'll be the only exhibit in no time.
The hunt began after rumours of a “large dark tail” spotted near a local boat ramp
I once had a 16 foot boat.
That croc is the same size..................
We’ve got 17ft gators here in Georgia down in the Okefenokee.
15ft isn’t that big. There have been reports of 23ft Crocs in Australia.
But, gators are laid back and as long as they are well fed, they will leave you alone.
Croc will bite you in half just for snoring to loud.
Damn!
WOW!!!!
Top 10 Largest Crocodiles Ever Recorded
The largest was:
No. 1: Lolong (6.17 meters/20 feet 3 in) – the largest crocodile ever measured:
What about Krys, the “Savannah King”?
According to a story, a giant crocodile was shot was near Normanton, Queensland, Australia. In the Norman river It was shot in July 1958, and nicknamed Krys after the person who shot it. It was claimed at 28 foot 4 inches (8.64 meters) there is a life size replica of it at Normanton, Queensland, Australia.
Zoologist Adam Britton says: “I’ve never counted “Krys” because it’s just a story – there’s no evidence at all to back it up, and it just seems so far outside the maximum possible range for this species that I’d need some pretty solid evidence to believe it. That’s why it never appears in any official statistics.
“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.”
Yes, I’m sure the first few settlers to have seen a 15+ foot long toothy reptile initially imagined them to be cuddly little fuzz balls. Many settlers were eaten while trying to pet or domesticate these creatures until word got out. It took a bit though, for word to get out, as those who realized their error were consumed.
Aussie settler #1: Where’s Bruce?
Aussie settler #2: Dunno, last I seen ‘em, ‘e said ‘e was gonna ride that big thing down by the river.
Aussie settler #1: Crikey, that’s bollocks!
Yikes! Remind me not to fall asleep around a croc! I'm a loud snorer!
I’ve heard that they even have the most deadly spider in the world.
And ants...................
Not the same thing. These guys were looking for an elusive croc, the military was looking for a guy already dead.
Funny!
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