What it looks and sounds like when a crocodile is humanely relocated
March 25, 2024 10:48 PM Subscribe
Have you ever wondered what it looks like and sounds like when a 3.9 metre (12.7 feet) crocodile is humanely trapped for relocation?
Wildlife officers have trapped a dangerous 3.9 metre crocodile that had been evading capture near Ingham in North Queensland.
Locals say the animal had been stalking them and ate one resident's chickens.
The reptile will be delivered to a crocodile farm or zoo.
Wildlife officers have trapped a dangerous 3.9 metre crocodile that had been evading capture near Ingham in North Queensland.
Locals say the animal had been stalking them and ate one resident's chickens.
The reptile will be delivered to a crocodile farm or zoo.
today's writing prompt: blue, venomous, carnivorous horses.
posted by j_curiouser at 1:45 AM on March 26 [1 favorite]
posted by j_curiouser at 1:45 AM on March 26 [1 favorite]
That crocodile a) is big and b) has a lot to say.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:39 AM on March 26 [1 favorite]
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:39 AM on March 26 [1 favorite]
Nope, but thanks for asking!
posted by pompomtom at 2:59 AM on March 26 [3 favorites]
posted by pompomtom at 2:59 AM on March 26 [3 favorites]
Horses are vermin.
posted by pompomtom at 3:00 AM on March 26 [2 favorites]
posted by pompomtom at 3:00 AM on March 26 [2 favorites]
I really hope "crocodile farm" doesn't mean what I think it means, because that's a pretty sad end for a big and successful animal. Poor guy just wanted to hang out in his river and eat some chooks. Of course he's not scared of humans, his kind have been around longer than we have!
posted by fight or flight at 4:08 AM on March 26 [4 favorites]
posted by fight or flight at 4:08 AM on March 26 [4 favorites]
[indignant crocodile noises]
posted by howbigisthistextfield at 5:36 AM on March 26 [3 favorites]
posted by howbigisthistextfield at 5:36 AM on March 26 [3 favorites]
Townsville mum films 'sizeable' crocodile in popular north Queensland swimming spot
Quick! Call the Powerpuff Girls!
posted by oddman at 5:43 AM on March 26 [2 favorites]
Quick! Call the Powerpuff Girls!
posted by oddman at 5:43 AM on March 26 [2 favorites]
Daaaaaamn, I felt that growl in my lizard brain. Alligators (whomst I am familiar with from living in Louisiana) don't really do that, I don't think, and I assumed depictions of crocodiles growling in cartoons were fiction. LOL nope! In every sense of the word.
posted by Nibbly Fang at 5:56 AM on March 26
posted by Nibbly Fang at 5:56 AM on March 26
Well I have added "crocodile growling" to my list of noises I wish never to hear irl
posted by rhymedirective at 7:25 AM on March 26 [3 favorites]
posted by rhymedirective at 7:25 AM on March 26 [3 favorites]
And meanwhile, two people are using long, skinny sticks to poke at the croc's backside and persuade it to enter the box.
And it's not having any of it.
There is not enough netting on that lizard for my comfort, nosirree.
posted by TrishaU at 8:00 AM on March 26
And it's not having any of it.
There is not enough netting on that lizard for my comfort, nosirree.
posted by TrishaU at 8:00 AM on March 26
obligatory sad & wistful "look at the size of him! isn't he a beauty!"
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:29 AM on March 26 [2 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:29 AM on March 26 [2 favorites]
a 13 foot crocodile.
I mean, they start small and keep growing right? Not like a human that sort of tops out after a while and then gravity reclaims some length?
How old is a 13 foot crocodile? You don't get to be that size quickly or casually.
posted by hippybear at 4:49 PM on March 26 [1 favorite]
I mean, they start small and keep growing right? Not like a human that sort of tops out after a while and then gravity reclaims some length?
How old is a 13 foot crocodile? You don't get to be that size quickly or casually.
posted by hippybear at 4:49 PM on March 26 [1 favorite]
Maybe Australia has dangerous horses that not only bite, but are carnivores. Or they're venomous.
posted by BlueHorse
Horses are the most dangerous animal in Australia (average ≈ 8 deaths/year, mainly from falling off them), followed by cows and dogs. It isn't the native animals you have to worry about, it's the introduced ones.
But actually, by far the most dangerous animal in Australia to humans is other humans. Way more likely to be killed by one of those fuckers than any other animal. Murder alone accounts for north of 200/year.
I mean, they start small and keep growing right? Not like a human that sort of tops out after a while and then gravity reclaims some length?
posted by hippybear
Yep. The growth rate slows right down as they age, but they are one of those critters, like whales and elephants, that never stop growing.
posted by Pouteria at 6:56 PM on March 26 [1 favorite]
posted by BlueHorse
Horses are the most dangerous animal in Australia (average ≈ 8 deaths/year, mainly from falling off them), followed by cows and dogs. It isn't the native animals you have to worry about, it's the introduced ones.
But actually, by far the most dangerous animal in Australia to humans is other humans. Way more likely to be killed by one of those fuckers than any other animal. Murder alone accounts for north of 200/year.
I mean, they start small and keep growing right? Not like a human that sort of tops out after a while and then gravity reclaims some length?
posted by hippybear
Yep. The growth rate slows right down as they age, but they are one of those critters, like whales and elephants, that never stop growing.
posted by Pouteria at 6:56 PM on March 26 [1 favorite]
[indignant crocodile noises]
curiously similar to my post-cheese bingeing noises
posted by elkevelvet at 7:39 AM on March 27 [3 favorites]
curiously similar to my post-cheese bingeing noises
posted by elkevelvet at 7:39 AM on March 27 [3 favorites]
I shudder to think what sort of hellish noises he would have made if they tried to relocate him inhumanely
posted by Fuchsoid at 7:25 PM on March 27
posted by Fuchsoid at 7:25 PM on March 27
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Shoot, the article at the bottom was even worse!
Townsville mum films 'sizeable' crocodile in popular north Queensland swimming spot
In Australia they call it swimming. More like going chumming for crocs using children for bait.
I'll take horses instead of crocodiles. IMO they're safer, even if they stomp, kick, rear, buck, or roll over on you. They may bite, but usually won't eat you.
Maybe Australia has dangerous horses that not only bite, but are carnivores. Or they're venomous.
posted by BlueHorse at 11:18 PM on March 25