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Brutus the giant crocodile attacks shark in Australia
afp ^ | August 6, 2014

Posted on 08/06/2014 1:26:13 PM PDT by george76

Tourists in northern Australia have been left stunned by two fierce animals going head-to-head -- a massive saltwater crocodile wrestling with a bull shark in its jaws.

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Brutus, who is thought to be about 80 years old and is missing a front leg and most of his teeth, is well known in the area, and the Northern Territory News described the battle as "Jaws v Claws".

Speculation is that the prospect of a fish dinner was tasty revenge for a croc that was thought to have lost his limb to one of the sharks who inhabit nearby waters.

"But from listening to other people, it was probably more likely a big crocodile (which took his front leg). But who knows? It was either a crocodile or a shark,"

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: australia; bullshark; crocodile; crocodiles; saltwatercrocodile; shark; sharks

1 posted on 08/06/2014 1:26:13 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

It was a little baby shark —


2 posted on 08/06/2014 1:28:42 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: george76

I thought this was a Greg Norman thread.


3 posted on 08/06/2014 1:30:52 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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I’m thinking a SyFy made-for-TV movie is coming up in the not-too-distant future.

“Based on actual events!!”


4 posted on 08/06/2014 1:31:11 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: Uncle Chip

a baby shark and a really old croc


5 posted on 08/06/2014 1:32:55 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad
It was on this past weekend. Megashark vs Crocosaurus

Doesn't really matter which one wins. The viewer loses.

6 posted on 08/06/2014 1:35:28 PM PDT by wbill
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To: GeronL

Yep, the croc was many times larger. Good headline for hits though...


7 posted on 08/06/2014 1:36:08 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: wbill

Well, there goes my screenplay idea!

LOLOL Only on SyFy.


8 posted on 08/06/2014 1:41:31 PM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: george76

“Titanic struggle” my butt. The little shark was only about 4 feet long.


9 posted on 08/06/2014 1:45:29 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

“SyFy made-for-TV movie”

Here’s the pitch—”Crocnami!” A giant wave washes thousands of giant crocs inland and into a nuke plant, where they become radioactive...


10 posted on 08/06/2014 2:06:28 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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To: george76

That was probably photoshopped.


11 posted on 08/06/2014 2:08:30 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Uncle Chip

Any news item posted here from Yahoo should be banned, both for lack of news worthiness and their complicity in spreading Obama’s propaganda.


12 posted on 08/06/2014 2:52:08 PM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad; wbill; Hugin
I’m thinking a SyFy made-for-TV movie is coming up in the not-too-distant future.

“Based on actual events!!”

Idea's not dead yet...just rip off the title for Sharknado and call it Crocnado. A hurricane causes a twister which sucks up giant crocodiles as well as sharks, Kraken, giant octopi, electric eels etc and deposits them right in the middle of Washington - where the crocs and the rest of the sealife battle each other with humans, politicians, and bureaucrats as casualties and food.

Maybe you should fill in the rest, it's your screenplay after all. :)

13 posted on 08/06/2014 2:53:14 PM PDT by eldoradude (It doesn't matter how many it takes, the lightbulb has already been stolen.)
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To: george76

Send the Swamp people over there!


14 posted on 08/06/2014 3:37:51 PM PDT by Busko (One thing is certain, nothing is certain.)
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To: dps.inspect

True!


15 posted on 08/06/2014 4:03:25 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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