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Northern Territory Parks And Wildlife via AFP - Getty Images
A 14.5 foot male estuarine (saltwater) crocodile retrieved from a crocodile trap at Daly River Community some 139 miles south of Darwin, Australia.
A 14.5-foot-long crocodile that may have eaten up to nine pet dogs has been hauled out of a river in Australia.
Community police officer Mark Casey told Australia's Northern Territory News that there had been nine reports of dogs being taken in the month before the crocodile was trapped.
"Crocs are an ever-present danger but you don't see them," he said.
"They can sit for days on end on the other side of the river and watch you go fishing off the same log or rock - that's how they hunt."
"Next thing you know, bang, the dog's gone."
Previously on PhotoBlog: Just who is the biggest crocodile of them all?
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tastes like chicken
The Dingo ate my baby!
The Dingo ate me baby!
Purina alligator Chow.
But with four drumsticks....
Canine, its what's for breakfast. good that they caught the bugger!
soooo not cool dave! im glad pos is dead!!!
I didn't see where the croc was killed.....but "trapped." If it hasn't been killed, where will it be "relocated?"
i heard they relocated the croc to Kim K's swimming pool
So the Croc, likes dogmeat, I am betting a lot of you on here eat Chinese food too.
Washington DC
Were they foot longs or did the croc just like big bites
Four-foot.
Dog gone nasty Croc!
Was this croc related to the Obamas?
No, it has more in common with your crock.
I was wondering when some a$$hole was going to turn this an Obama thing. Took you all but 30 secs to show your intelligence.
RDG6,
By any coincidence is your I.Q the same as your shoe size?
Did you say the same thing when the libtards were making comments about Romney's dog? Of course you didn't. And what did you say your IQ is?
What President Obama have to do with a crcodile??????????
Yes GGmon and Shay Hill.
It definaltely had to go to an OBAMA thing. He is just as sneaky and dangerous as any croc. Does everything behind your back. And then.... it's all over.
The crocodile and Barack Obama have something in common, they both eat dogs. Obama commented that dog meat was tough. No comment from the crocodile though.
1. Crocodiles live in a habitat that they've lived in for a gazillion years.
2. Humans move in, build homes, and enjoy shrimp on the barby while Nigel the dog frolics and barks on the astroturf.
3. Crocodiles eat little Nigel, and humans ask God, "Why???"
The end.
You forgot:
4. Humans decide that crocodiles have no right to be there, and do everything in their power to have them removed, regardless of who was there first.
The end.
I didn't forget that - I was just so upset about little Nigel that I couldn't type anymore! Thanks for finishing the list!
Who names a pet "Nigel"?
gtouch, I guess Nikolaus20 does. A lot of people live in areas with wild animals. We don't let our pets run loose and leave them out alone at night. I doubt the dog was in the yard when they got snapped up.
This article is not very detailed and leaves a lot out. I love dogs (have one myself) but were these dogs roaming the area freely when they should of been at home on their own property. The crocodile was just doing what comes nauturally to him eating as we all need to do to survive.
Was wondering the same thing. Did people let their dogs roam around knowing that there was a dog eating croc around????
This happens in Florida from time to time with alligators. Apparently they have a taste for dog, too, just like Obama.
I'll bet Obama has a taste for croc too.
When the dogs ran out he would be eating little Johnny. This was a little fella they get much bigger, when they graduate to gazelles and water buffalo.
Water buffalo and gazelles in Australia? I don't think so...
They are totally native to Australia. I saw it on the *mumbles* channel. And you can take that to the bank.
How did croc get pet dogs with the fences around it? Who would like the pet dogs out and why? Stupid.
Most people who live along waterways don't put fences at the water's edge, even in gator or croc country. As for letting your dog outside near those waters, well, I guess it depends how attached you are to your little bait. Er, I mean pet!
I think the evil cats let the dogs out.
The biggest problem is that now this croc has learned about easy prey and it would probably not have been too much time between dogs and small children. While I agree the problem exists because of people moving into the croc's habitat but there are now houses and people are going to have to learn to exist with the animals who were there first.
Survey Taker: So, which did you prefer, Fido or Rex?
Croc: With Rex, I tasted chocolate and peanut butter.
Survey Taker: Well, Rex had just eaten a Snickers Peanut Butter bar!
Croc: Oh, Yeah, Rex was delicious!
Knock, knock. Who's there? Land croc.
Hey Obama, look what they do to dog eaters in Australia, better keep that country off your list of destinations! And no that's not one of your 57 states, so no worries!
Idiot: A mentally deficient person with intelligence in the lowest measurable range. Oh,hi Lee
GRBiebel, I think your picture says everything we need to know about you! lol!!!!!!!!!!
I though Austrailia was one of the 57 states... You mean it's not. And Obama told me it was.....
It begins with an A like US of A.
lol
Better dogs than children!
Depends on whether or not you are from Great Britain...
Why? Because of Children of the Damned? I'm pretty sure it was just a documentary. Wait, no, that makes it terrifying. OMG! Psychic children are coming to have us all kill ourselves! Barricade the doors and store all of the instant mashed potatoes you can find!
I'm a dog lover; however, this crocodile has a right to live in the wild.
Human population is reaching 8 billion and counting.
Need more hungry croc's to solve that problem.
So you are volunteering to make it one less?
I wish they would bring that thing to my house so it would eat MY neighbors annoying dog!!!
Good idea. We can rent it to people to get rid of their annoying neighbors pets.... neighbors, neighbor's children... ect.... ect... ect...
maybe the dingo ate your puppy !
Any Seinfeld reference gets automatic points.
This crocodile should be killed
Sounds like you need new alligator boots.
In the US most states with alligators and crocs set a maximum length that you can turn the animal loose. In La. I think it must be put down if over 6 feet. Saw that on Billy the Exterminator once. I don't know what Aussy does.
Once again, human stupidity. If they are dumb enough not to build fencing or put chainlink around yard to keep dogs and babies in, then my goodness, we need to kill the wildlife for "poaching" their dinner. Learn to protect yourselves and your pets, people, leave the wildlife outside the boundaries to their own wiles.
14.5' long, probably 800-1100 lbs., I see 12 pair of boots, 25 outback hats, 6 purses, 12 tooth necklaces and a bunch of "Gator-Burgers", and what is left over will be soup, belts, buckles, wrist-watch bands etc. Over all, the dogs fattened up the ol' boy to the tune of about $9,000 Australian in total profit. Not a bad haul.
Holy crap Nancy, Your comment was by far the most funny of them all. I enjoy the articles that one can get out of the fat bastard gator, u left nothing for the poor nancy. hahahaha 9,000 Aussi bucks in profit!! that was funny and priceless. thanks!!!
Time out on why were the dogs not in a fenced in area. Even today a lot of people let their dogs have more freedom than city people do. At one time I had several dogs in my yard, and most of them just took up residence. Back then cars were the main killer of them. Still, one of them, a lab, was dumped as a puppy a ways away from my house, and the ditch I found it entangled in, was underwater the next morning. She died 14 years later. Alligators, and crocodiles eat whatever they can find in their feeding area, be it Spot, or be it little Sally.
No probably your mother or father
A crocodile acting like a croc. Simply amazing. Instead of insisting on a leash law. I hope the croc wasn't killed (the article is so short and missing of info I am not sure) that would be a shame.
Not sure that putting the crocodile on a leash would work.
Put your dog on a leash within reach of a croc and you're just preventing the dog from running away. Kind of like baiting the hook, if you ask me!
One took my cousin on a camping trip. It hit him from behind and carried him into the water. They found tracks where it had followed him for days learning his movements. He probably didn't hear a thing. 26 years old. Dead as a maggot.