Baby crocodile walks 2km in search of water
October 28, 2024 10:10 PM   Subscribe

Baby crocodile walks 2km [1.2 miles] to remote Aboriginal community in search of water. Remote residents were taken aback to discover a baby crocodile in a woman's front yard.

Wangkatjungka is about 2km from the nearest waterway, Christmas Creek, and it seems the crocodile trekked to the community.

Four Ngurrara Rangers were called to the scene, including locals Zenith Thomas and Justin Andrews.

Women's ranger coordinator Hanna Debergh was part of the rescue and relocation team and believed the crocodile travelled to the community in search of water.

"We know in Wangkatjungka it's pretty dry at the moment and the fact that it went to the community will be because it's getting drier and drier," she said.

"It could be that it got stuck in one of the little pools there and was trying to look for more water."
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (4 comments total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
Poor little thing. Glad it got helped back to water. I don’t have any special fondness for crocodiles so I was kind of surprised by my automatic “aw, sad” reaction to this article. I guess a baby anything seems kind of pitiful if it’s struggling.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:50 AM on October 29 [8 favorites]


A bit odd that the woman quoted in the article is pictured with a large body of water behind her. I guess it’s not suitable water?
posted by SoberHighland at 3:55 AM on October 29


A bit odd that the woman quoted in the article is pictured with a large body of water behind her. I guess it’s not suitable water?

That would be the river that they travelled to to release the crocodile into.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 4:13 AM on October 29 [3 favorites]


Baby Croc doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:56 AM on October 29 [1 favorite]


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