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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bird on July 12, 2011, 10:54:03 AM
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(http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2011/07/11/1226092/685464-brutus-the-croc.jpg)
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/huge-crocodile-brutus-delights-tourists-in-the-northern-territory/story-fn7x8me2-1226092658221
BRUTUS is missing a leg, but the saltwater crocodile is keen to show he is not lacking power
The 5.5m giant shocked and delighted a boatload of tourists when he surged out of the Adelaide River, 100km south of Darwin, this week.
Photographer Katrina Bridgeford captured the moment, and said her 11-year-old son Dylan had two words for the awesome sight: "Holy crap!"
Holy Crap? I'd say a touch more than that - check the mouth size alone!
If that thing wants in the boat, you aint stoppin' it :)
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He's massive alright.
Not really sure coaxing these things out of the water beside the boat is such a good idea. What happens when the next bloke comes along in his little fishing tinnie and the big jumping handbag thinks it's time for lunch again? :o
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I agree, Holy crap....those people look mighty small beside that croc!!! Look at the size of those jaws...
Bob
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Not really sure coaxing these things out of the water beside the boat is such a good idea. What happens when the next bloke comes along in his little fishing tinnie and the big jumping handbag thinks it's time for lunch again? :o
its lovely of the bloke at the back of the boat there to have brought along a toothpick for the croc! Not sure what else he thinks he could do with it!
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Naaarrrr, he looks 'armless to me. ;D
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Naaarrrr, he looks 'armless to me. ;D
Classic mate! :)
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Nah he's just legless :)
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would have been better pic if it jumped up
about where pic taken from ???
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I will be on that boat trip in September. If any of the kids play up on the way I will show them that picture and threaten to hang them off the side of the boat...lol >:D
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Hi,
Hmmm! I have mixed thoughts on conditioning large reptiles to associate boats with food.
I have cancelled any kayaking plans for exploring Northern rivers.
cheers
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surely thats been doctored. All the big lizards I've seen would be too lazy to do that and if one that size hit the boat it'd be snacking on more than dead chickens...
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I reckon it's doctored, was my first impression straight away. reasons:
1. I reckon those people would be absolutely cr@ppin' their daks if that thing jumped that high that close and they all look WAY too calm.
2. I don't think they do croc feeding from that sort of boat, they are more regulated than you would think, even in the NT.
3. I'm pretty sure that boat and that picture look something like I've seen before when he was feeding a White Breasted (or Bellied, same thing) Sea Eagle.
4. The doctoring doesn't look that "real" to me either.
Sorry to burst your bubbles! Have a look at these vids, much more plausible that the Sea Eagle has been replaced by that croc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PdaRiYu9UM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6iV4eUdP6A&feature=related (although this one says croc feeding...)
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Mate they do the bloody same in the Daintree river, I recon that the photo is real. S#!^s me to pieces these guys feeding crocks from tourist boats, some one will get taken out of their tinnie one day by a tourist feed crock and watch them bast!@#s back away and not accept any blame.
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If that's real then that croc is over 6 metres long and he'd be too big and heavy to leap that far out of the water ... Photoshop is a wonderful thing !!
Cheers
Steve
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Hi
Several Newspapers (http://www.news.com.au/travel/australia/m-saltwater-croc-brutus-photographed-on-adelaide-river-jumping-croc-cruises/story-e6frfq89-1226092924868) are running it with photographer credits.
cheers
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I've been on the Adelaide River croc cruise in the NT. Didn't see that particular one (thankfully) but these things do get this large. If you've ever seen "Sweetheart" in the NT museum you'll know they DO get that bigger ... and bigger. They shot Sweetheart on the crossing over to Arnham Land.
Kit_e
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I am not sure if it is a fake or real, but I can tell you I would not be sitting there like those guys in the front row taking a picture.
Hmmm! I have mixed thoughts on conditioning large reptiles to associate boats with food.
X1
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there is another you tube link with that boat i think croc is 6 metres long it attacked there outboard then he fed it off a stick , and i a gree i dont like the idea of training them up to associate food with boats espeacially when i,m looking at a 3.55 metre tinnie to buy need a bigger boat ???
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I am not sure if it is a fake or real, but I can tell you I would not be sitting there like those guys in the front row taking a picture.
X1
Speaking from experience as i was a tour guide at the local Koorana Croc farm here on the cap coast some years ago. These animals are truely amazing and despite their enormous size they are extremely powerful and can propell themselves quite some distance out of the water. I use to hand feed a 16 foot male weighing @ 1000 kgs armed only with a 6 foot pole and a quarter chicken ( without fries) Not a lot smaller than the photo shown earlier. I can honestly say that i **** my pants for the first 8-10 times i did that. Is extremely hard to describe the feeling of a monster croc standing in front of you only 8 inches from your face and it takes the chicken from you that is dangling from your outstretched arm high above your head with its front feet still planted firmly on the ground knowing the crowd behind you ( behind 2 fences ) have all taken a step back as they **** themselves. Lots of good memories i have to say. Had big maxi walker in one day on my tour that was very entertaining.
A couple of pics from the old days when i had hair . the croc in the picture which was only about 600 kgs and 13 ft long actually killed a keeper quite some years before when he was mowing the grass ( not at the farm)
My boy in the picture is taller than me now doesn't time fly.
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/paulandmel08/europepics127.jpg)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/paulandmel08/europepics128.jpg)
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I'm no expert, but surely a croc that big would have made a much bigger splash coming out the water.................
Also the croc appears to have missed the bait...............WTF's with that???
Oh hang on. My mistake :-[ :-[ :-[
A newspaper article said its real, so it must be true................. ;D ;D ;D
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I can honestly say that i **** my pants for the first 8-10 times i did that.
I reckon it would be a few more times, but that means I have to do it first :cheers:
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Can't comment on the authenticity of the original photo but seen the same thing on the Adelaide river. Even if it was doctored looks great.
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I want to know what happens when the croc catches the boat on its way down. I'd imagine that croc would easily be able to sink the side of a boat, and that isn't even a tinny. I am surprised tourism is allowed like that
Aaron
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He's massive alright.
What happens when the next bloke comes along in his little fishing tinnie and the big jumping handbag thinks it's time for lunch again? :o
What happens? He has lunch, that's what happens. Buffet style for old armless.
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A fisherman was attacked by a croc in April this year on the Adelaide River. The croc jumped out of the water and attacked him in his tinny. He poked its eyes to get it to let go. It was late at night and his mate was asleep in the back of the tinny and didnt wake! He didnt believe his mate until he saw the damage to his shoulder / arm. No chance our boat will ever enter the adelaide river.
I've been on the Adelaide River croc cruise in the NT. Didn't see that particular one (thankfully) but these things do get this large. If you've ever seen "Sweetheart" in the NT museum you'll know they DO get that bigger ... and bigger. They shot Sweetheart on the crossing over to Arnham Land
Sweetheart ending up drowning when they were trying to remove her from the Finnis River. A great read if anyone is interested, she had a dislike of boat motors and attacked them, she never attacked any of the swimming fisherman after she attacked their motors :cup:
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(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk85/paulandmel08/europepics128.jpg)
Id have no problem feeding that using a 6ft pole.
I've seen heaps of those "aussie travel" shows on Ch9 etc feedin crocs and Shit where they jump out of the water like that first photo
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My 2 cents worth.. is it's a fake
All the passengers are looking up and ahead and no one has jumped aside. If a croc that size came up next to you you would Sh*t yourself and jump a side and the facial expressions are all wrong.
Cheers
Pete
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I am born and bred in Darwin and when we went on the Jumping Croc cruisers for school excursions, it is amazing to see how big they are and how small there splash was once they went back in the water . There is a heap of tour boat operator's running out of Adelaide river now and there is some small boats doing a "Personal" tour , they reckon that the Crocs know the pulse out of each boat and its amazing to see them all head to the boats once running . I have been living in north Queensland for a few years now and i haven't seen anything that even comes close to the Crocs in the NT and i have done a few trips up the Cape. I reckon that pic is as true as the sky is blue (most times ha ha). If you ever go to the top end go and do the CROCADILUS PARK tour in Darwin and have a look at that park its UNREAL. Also have a look in the Darwin Museum like Kit_e_kat9 said you will spin out at the size of sweetheart .
cheers Mondo
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They guide the Crocs in with the bait for a few minutes the you can see the Croc ready itself for jumping at the bait all slow and steady as, at least that's how i have seen it done 5-6 times i have been on the jumping Croc tours.
cheers Mondo
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Note to self never go on a jumping croc tour
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WHAT A LOAD OF CROC!!! Photoshop for sure. A croc that size would leave a massive hole in the water, move half a ton of water and cast a huge shadow. That my view!
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http://www.all-about-reptiles.com/crocodile.html
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Did the Adelaide R crock tour about 7 years ago and can vouch for the size of the crocks. Will search through my trip photos (film) and see if I can dig a few up.
Looks like the size if the boat we toured on and even parked next to a crock that was longer than the 6M boat.
GS
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Yep when we lived in HUMPTY DOO we would have loved to have a fish in the Adelaide river, Only because no one else wanted to fish in there due to the size's and amount of big fellas in there, so we pussed it as well ha ha.
cheers Mondo
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you want to see someone Shitting bricks then look at the big burly bloke in the blue shirt at the front of the photo,he reckons its real!!!photo was shown in melbourne sun and had a little more border
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We went on similar boat in 2007. In this pic the croc seems a bit close to the boat but here's a couple of our snaps of the day...
(http://www.nlandgl.com/roundOz/images/jumpingcroc03.jpg)
(http://www.nlandgl.com/roundOz/images/jumpingcroc01.jpg)
(http://www.nlandgl.com/roundOz/images/jumpingcroc02.jpg)
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It was on the 7PM report, they interviewed the owner of the tour in question, he's real, it's 5.5mtrs and he is known as Brutus, he is a big male that they see now and then.
The fake bit is how close it is to the boat.
Baz.
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We went on similar boat in 2007. In this pic the croc seems a bit close to the boat but here's a couple of our snaps of the day...
Great shots, and they clearly show that the crocs don't upset the water much at all when they come up. We are talking about an animal that has evolved in water over millenia, so they are adept at moving through it with stealth.
I reckon the pic of Brutus is real, and remember that this might be the 4th or 5th croc that has broached during that boat trip, so why would anyone be overly surprised to see him?
What a bloody amazing animal they are.
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I would much prefer to see them looking like a hand bag. ;D
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they coach them in that slow and you can tell what they are gunna do just before most time's.
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Hi,
some more croc stuff (http://crocodilian.blogspot.com/2011/07/nt-news-strikes-again.html)
(http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee369/blobular/Croc/hmmmmm.jpg)
cheers