Woke up to a croc on the patio

[hardcorey007]

I woke up this morning to find a croc sitting on the back patio. The weird thing is we're living rural, miles away from water. I let out a few crickeys and wrasssssled it for a bit. lol. Thought I'd share some pics.

 

[Jungletrans]

Going to cross it with one of your Darwins ?

 

[reptilefan95]

yep i cant go past a croc without saying crikey shes a beauty

 

[snakes4me2]

Unreal, where do you live?

 

[da_donkey]

nice, how come his mouth is taped in the last pic?

 

[waruikazi]

Ring the Nt news brus that is front page material!

Check between its toes for tags and its back for missing scales. People 'lose' crocs all the time when they get too big.

 

[hardcorey007]

Going to cross it with one of your Darwins ?

Wouldn't that make a Jungle carpet being all snappy

 

[Jay84]

Thats gold !

 

[hardcorey007]

Unreal, where do you live?

Darwin NT.

nice, how come his mouth is taped in the last pic?

The croc collector did it He's come and taken it away now. Off to the croc farm for this little fella.

Ring the Nt news brus that is front page material!

Check between its toes for tags and its back for missing scales. People 'lose' crocs all the time when they get too big.

Yeah he was marked (missing scales) so they are going to work out where it came from. The croc catcher got another one around the corner last night so they've got out from somewhere. I'll have to keep my eye out for more. :shock: Do you know a number for the NT news? I tried to call them but all their numbers are 'during hours' ones. I emailed them though.

 

[jamesbecker]

nice, how come his mouth is taped in the last pic?

so it wont bite him..

crocs are weak at opening their mouths, but are strong at closing them... thats why people can hold their mouths shut easily, even with just their hands

 

[kupper]

hmmm you sure someone who knows you keep reptiles hasnt dropped it off knowing you would take care of it ?

or it could have wandered aftera water hole dried up

 

[DA_GRIZ]

nice looking croc. is that a rottie i can see behind the door?

 

[waruikazi]

Darwin NT.



The croc collector did it He's come and taken it away now. Off to the croc farm for this little fella.



Yeah he was marked (missing scales) so they are going to work out where it came from. The croc catcher got another one around the corner last night so they've got out from somewhere. I'll have to keep my eye out for more. :shock: Do you know a number for the NT news? I tried to call them but all their numbers are 'during hours' ones. I emailed them though.

Trust me, if you have emailed them they will contact you! Once i accidentily mentioned that i had caught a snake in an interesting place to a photographer and ten minutes later i got a phone call from a reporter... I didn't even know they had my number lol. They love these stories.

 

[hardcorey007]

This is kinda how it all went down lol.

[video=youtube;iInDq8bn81g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iInDq8bn81g[/video]

 

[da_donkey]

i smell something fishy........

 

[hardcorey007]

nice looking croc. is that a rottie i can see behind the door?

Yeah he's a young rottie cross. He and the ridgey round up the croc for me.

 

[Allies_snakes]

hmmm..makes me wonder where our croc went to or what happened to him, he was stolen from our yard (his enclosed pond) in darwin in 06, about the same size, but i know that your find wouldnt have been our Bruza.

 

[Brown_Hair]

thats awesome! would love to wake up with a croc out back hahaha

for shure

 

[Asharee133]

LOL that movie was so stupid

 

[hallie]

LOL that movie was so stupid

i thought it was really well done...

we need more aussie cinema..

it no Jaws but it was fun to watch...

nice find by the way...