Flaviemys purvisi
Very Well-Known Member
JANUARY 2 2019
Helen Gregory
Moody: Northern Territory-born Elvis became known as Australia's crankiest crocodile in 2011 when he ate his keeper’s lawnmower. Picture: The Australian Reptile Park.
THE country’s crankiest crocodile, Elvis, has charged at his Australian Reptile Park keepers to claim his 53rd birthday present – a quarter of a cow.
The park’s head of reptiles, Daniel Rumsey, said the 500 kilogram and five metre beast played tug of war with six keepers, before performing a death-roll, ripping apart the meat and chasing the keepers from the yard.
“Once Elvis grabbed the carcass there was no letting go until he got a mouthful of food, it was quite the tough game of tug-of-war,” he said.
“Then the death-rolling started and that gave the people watching a real show!
“We love getting Elvis fired up for holidays and giving him this type of food provides excellent enrichment for him.”
Elvis lost a tooth during the process and it was given to visitor Kale, who was celebrating his fourth birthday.