Meet The Four Men Branded ‘Idiots of The Century’ For Swimming in Crocodile Trap

thefederalistpapers.org ^ | 10/24/17 | Robert Gehl

[dirtboy]

Four men who decided that a live crocodile trap seemed like a good place to go swimming have been dubbed “idiots of the century” after a photo of their antics went viral.

The four Aussies (yes, they were Australian, which might explain a little) were shown in a photo swimming around in a baited crocodile trap in the northeastern part of the country.

The trap was floating at the Port Douglas Marina in Queensland.

The trap is in the same area that a 79-year-old woman was attacked and eaten by a crocodile earlier this month.

[dirtboy]

Well, Darwin is a city in Australia.

[dirtboy]

Chomp.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Four men who decided that a live crocodile trap seemed like a good place to go swimming have been dubbed “idiots of the century” after a photo of their antics went viral.

I dunno...there's some pretty stiff recent competition for that title. :)

[Pearls Before Swine]

The four Aussies (yes, they were Australian, which might explain a little) were shown in a photo swimming around in a baited crocodile trap...

They turned an ordinary bait trap into a buffet.

[Steely Tom]

Well, Darwin is a city in Australia.

And the theory of evolution operates in reverse south of the Equator.

[Bob]

Isn’t live bait better for crocs anyway? Pretty brave of them to volunteer, I’d say. :=)

[Flick Lives]

They forgot to bring a dinner bell.

[Huskrrrr]

Hold muh Fosters

[Fiddlstix]

Click the Pic

[marktwain]

They could see there were no crocs in the trap. They could close the trap if a croc appeared.

Not so suicidal after all, and they became world wide famous...

[EdnaMode]

Crikey!

[Jemian]

Cross don’t always appear at a distance.

[JimSEA]

Yes, extinction is likely — at least of these four Aussies.

[wjcsux]

“Hold muh beer and watch this”.

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[bigbob]

And the competition is terrific!

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[MtnClimber]

I grew up in my Jr High and High School years living on a large lake in central Florida. There were many alligators. We had one in the front yard and our next door neighbors had a large one under their car in their garage.

A friend of mine, I will call him Mountainclmbr, and some of his friends would go out in the lake at night in a boat with a spot light and there was competition about who could control the largest alligator. With the spotlight you can see their eyes and they are blinded. When you get close (I am told) if you cast a shadow they will see you and who knows what they will do. But, if you are quiet and they stay blinded you can lean over the front of the boat and grab them around the snout. They have muscles to chomp down, but not to open their mouths so you can hold their mouth shut. The trick (I am told) is that they will try to spin and claw you with their front feet. If you overestimated what you can hold on to you may only be counting to five without removing your shoes.

I think the person I am referring to never tried one over 7 ft and can still count to 10.

This person asks that no one asks questions about rattlesnakes.

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