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Some ladies taking part in a fishing competition a couple of years back quickly snapped the above photo, as a croc swam past with a cow.
Where they are fishing the property manager once told me they loose four or five cattle to crocs per week from the billabongs on their Station, but don't worry too much about the financial lose as the property belongs to the Sultan of Brunei.
Our "tinny" is 12foot 6inches and there are plenty of crocs in the Daly bigger than our boat.
There are a species know as "Johnson River Crocodiles" also called "Freshies",generally non aggressive, grow to about 6 foot, some get to 8 foot, then there are Estuarine Crocodiles, commonly, but incorrectly called "Salties" that grow very large indeed!
Estuarine Crocodiles live in either fresh or salt water, including the ocean and are found over 350km (217 miles) inland at Katherine.
Although baited traps are kept in Darwin Harbour all year round, large crocodiles are sometimes encountered on the beaches around Darwin, and during mating time, the odd one or two in the backyard swimming pool!!
One of the croc fatalities last year was a young girl playing in a little creek in the suburbs of Darwin, where children regularly played.
Up here it is wise to treat every puddle as though there is an Estuarine Crocodile in it, even if you know for certain there wasn't yesterday, there may be today!
It is against the law to kill crocodiles, however authorities will attempt to trap Crocs that become a nuisance, for instance if attacking boats and if caught the croc. is sold to a crocodile park to recoup some of the costs of his capture.
They are very fast when they wish to be, can run on land, and jump quite high straight up out of the water.
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