Never bugger the crocs, Mate!
Posted on 04/27/2006 9:13:57 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
A 4.4-metre crocodile has chased a man up a tree in the Northern Territory while the man was cleaning-up debris left by cyclone Monica.
The owner of the Corroboree Park Tavern, Peter Shappert, says the man was trying to remove a tree that had fallen against the saltwater crocodile pen.
Mr Shappert says the crocodile, named Brutis, managed to take possession of the chainsaw the man was using.
"He's been a bit upset with the noise, so he's come shooting out of the pond, run up the tree and tried to grab Freddy the chainsaw man," he said.
"So he's missed Freddy and grabbed his chainsaw instead.
"Presently he's swimming around with a large steel chainsaw hanging out of his mouth."
The clean-up effort has been delayed and staff are currently trying to win back the necessary machinery.
"I was going to drain the pen and then ask him politely to let go of the chainsaw," Mr Shappert said.
Mr Shappert says he is thinking of changing the crocodile's name from Brutis to two-stroke.
If the mate would have just given the Croc a pair of ear plugs before he started the saw, this whole thing could have been avoided.
:-)
Never bugger the crocs, Mate!
A crocodile with a chaimsaw could be dangerous
Only if he can get the bloody thing started...
The croc must have been a member of Greenpeace or ELF. Just protesting peacefully.
This CNN article http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/australia.croc.reut/index.html says that the crocodile "launched" itself at Fred and the chainsaw. When he grabbed it, it was still going, and he smashed it into the ground until it stalled, breaking a few teeth in the process.
Class, the lesson is: Never operate a chainsaw around a crocodile. They don't like it.
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