Posted on 01/03/2025 11:49:54 AM PST by RandFan
It's dawn on Darwin Harbour and government ranger Kelly Ewin - whose job is to catch and remove crocodiles - is balancing precariously on a floating trap.
Heavy rain clouds from the storm that has recently passed are overhead. The engine of the boat has been cut so now it's mostly silent – that is, apart from the intermittent splashing coming from inside the trap.
"You get pretty much zero chances with these guys," says Ewin as he attempts to loop a noose around the jaw of the agitated reptile.
We're in Australia's Northern Territory (NT), home to an estimated 100,000 wild saltwater crocodiles, more than anywhere in the world.
The capital, Darwin, is a small coastal city surrounded by beaches and wetlands.
And, as you quickly learn here in the NT, where there is water, there usually are crocs.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
the potential boots alone should keep the numbers down...
Three words...Florida. Pet. Trade. /s
Crocodillians are remarkably resilient: hunt them, make them afraid of humans again, they will hide and repopulate.
Rinse and repeat.
They -can- be controlled. Vietnam is in the natural range of the saltwater crocodile. But they have zero problems and no attacks at all there.
The Vietnamese eat them. They roast them on a spit over charcoal.
Dethrone them from the top of the food chain and the issue goes away.
It’s retarded to have entire swaths of a nation with such a menace anywhere near the water.
You can never have too much fried gator/croc tail.
“mmmm, tastes like chicken” Cody Lundin
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