Posted on 06/23/2010 9:35:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
THIS monster crocodile has just proven who's the king of the swamp.
The 5m saltie made mince meat of a bull shark at Kakadu National Park.
A bunch of tourists looked on in shock when they saw the croc chomping on the shark at the upper flood plains of the South Alligator River on Saturday morning.
The shark had already been bitten in two by the hungry beast when this photograph was taken.
But tour guide Dean Cameron, 34, believed it would have been at least 3m long and weighed 60kg.
"It would have been amazing to see (the attack) - very wild footage," he said. "The croc would've taken the shark at night and then it would've had to take it to the bank to eat it."
Two separate tour boats with about 45 tourists each on board were shipping along the river as part of the Yellow Water Cruise about 8.15am when they saw the wild feast.
Mr Cameron, who was guiding one of the boats, said the visitors were over the moon to see the spectacle.
"Nearly 100 people saw it all up and they were jumping for joy," he said.
"They said this had made their Kakadu trip."
But it was not the first time a crocodile has been witnessed feasting on a shark.
Maxine Rawson-Rodriguez was on a jumping crocodile cruise at Adelaide River - about 100km south of Darwin - when the tourist boat came across a crocodile eating a shark on March 24.
And the Northern Territory News reported on January 29 how five fishermen fought off a crocodile to defend a prized shark caught off a Territory beach.
Mr Cameron, who has been a tour guide for two years and a park ranger for several more, said he would come across such a spectacle once a year.
And he said he was not surprised about finding sharks that far into a freshwater river system.
"With the wildlife here you just don't know what you'll get to see," he said.
"That's the beauty of it."
P.S. My experience has shown me that they really like sink drains. I like to look in a sink before I reach into one and preferrably AFTER I run the hot water for a few seconds.
Somehow, the juxtaposition of that picture and the lead news (Rudd replaced by Gillard) is too funny and appropriate.
G’Dye Missy ~
Maybe the Aussies should cut back on the beer a little.
They are bad, but not deadly. You guys have more and deadlier.
Maybe it’s just that we’re used to them, growing up, LOL!
My wife was bitten on both legs around the same place on both legs at six months apart.Unbelievable damage and permanent scarring the size of a 50 cent piece.We live in West Texas and they are very common.
Almost went crazy cleaning house.We became obsessed with neutralizing them.They will always be here but not on such a large scale.
Good luck to anyone bitten.
A good friend of mine in Atlanta’s dog was biten by something. The vet later said it was most likely a brown recluse. The dog survived with permanent scarring but it was touch and go for several weeks.
Apparently, others have argued here (above) that Brown Recluse bites are not the real culprits for those wounds.
My wife was bitten on both legs around the same place on both legs at six months apart.Unbelievable damage and permanent scarring the size of a 50 cent piece.We live in West Texas and they are very common.
Almost went crazy cleaning house.We became obsessed with neutralizing them.They will always be here but not on such a large scale.
Good luck to anyone bitten
G’Dye yerself ... it’s around 0845 here ... sad thing is I get to miss early AM stuff posted and come in around 1530ish US time so half of FR’s day is already gone ....
Wow, that’s pretty scary.
When it was diagnosed as MRSA, did it have anything to do with the spider’s bite itself? I mean, do these spiders harbour those bacteria?
Thanks for the input.
“Crikey! That shark had a flavor!”
Thanks for the feedback, xarmydog!
I hear you, I hate pests and I hate the fact that they are such a pain in the behind to eliminate in houses made of wood and drywall. I’ve often contemplated lining all inner surfaces of my house with non-porous sheeting, just for avoiding situations like this.
It may have been a black widow as I have seen quite a few.But also brown recluse.I was wondering if ceder lined closets would help.When I was bitten,I had worn a shirt that day that I had not worn in quite awhile.I am in the habit of shaking out anything and everything including boots and shoes.
I have been stung six times by scorpions and it feels like a cigarette being put out on you.I was also stung by a tarantula which caused some discomfort and itching,but that is how it is in west Texas.I kill a lot of rattle snakes.
Had a quack doctor who initially diagnosed it as a spider bite as she already had two.Treated the spot on her stomach as past history.I spent a lot of time researching myself and found that when MRSA left untreated,tends to colonize.She had four spots on her stomach after one month of treatment before they did biopsies.Instead of a good diagnosis at first where she could have taken pills to combat the infection,It turned into three days in the morning for drips,three hours after work for another one.Veins collapsing,for one week.And she continued working.Pin this shot,all were given in the ER!!I am not a smart man,but if in a serious accident,would not want to be exposed to that situation.PS,ALL MRSA patients were treated there.Scenario,bad car accident,taken to ER,where that is prevalent.Do you trust them???HELL NO>
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