Monster: The 22ft sea crocodile had been targeting cattle before it was shot and killed in Manangoora
Posted on 08/05/2010 4:54:11 PM PDT by JoeProBono
MANANGOORA, Australia, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A photo of a giant crocodile in Australia's Northern Territory News sparked a dispute about where the picture was taken and who owns the image.
Jeida Francis, 23, said the reptile was killed in 1997 because it was attacking cattle in the Northern Territories community of Manangoora, the Northern Territories News reported Thursday.
"I remember when it happened. My aunt took the photo," Francis said.
He said the picture was posted to Facebook two years ago by his cousin, who appears in the picture.
However, Chas Cole, from Katherine, Queensland, claims the picture was taken two years ago by a friend in Queensland.
"It was a friend of mine, who was a structural engineer, who took the photo," Cole said.
He also disputed the cause of the croc's death.
"It tangled himself on the cables and drowned to death," Cole said.
Monster: The 22ft sea crocodile had been targeting cattle before it was shot and killed in Manangoora
He looks like he was eat’n really good.
He was a big croc, but he’s been dead a while and is bloated.
I wonder who got the skull and the claws?
It is a pity the beast was not skinned, as the hide would have been quite valuable, I would suppose.
Even with the scars inevitable on an animal of that age, the size alone would have made it quite unique and therefor valuable.
HE looks swolen from decomposition too...
Nice Toyota
That is a dinosaur.
Horrible animals! Amazing size though.
Looks obese.
“It tangled himself on the cables and drowned to death,” Cole said.
Drown to death?
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