I was at a crocodile preserve near Cairns in Queensland, Australia, and one of the star performers was an enormous toothless crock named “Dougie”. Dougie got there by being bad, trying, despite his lack of teeth, to eat a golfer. Ignoring a proffered chicken, Dougie went for one of the attendants’ legs, chasing him up a hill snapping at his heels. Later, the attendant admitted that reputation was everything in his business and the shame of being eaten by a toothless crocodile would just be more that he could bear.
I’ve been to the same preserve.
Cool place isn’t it!