Es wird wieder waermer, die Krokodile werden aktiver.
Nur zwei kleine Beispiele dafuer, dass wir uns hier im Top End in Crocodile Country befinden und wir's wirklich nicht drauf ankommen lassen sollten...
TERRITORY police were forced to arrest a grumpy crocodile and throw it in jail after it was discovered loitering in a town.
Gunbalanya [Oenpelli] police were called out recently after the 2m female saltie turned up at Arrkuluk Camp, in town.
Police said they found it loitering near a fence, trying to look innocent.
Den ganzen Artikel findet ihr in den NT News on 05 Oct 2009: Cops forced to jail 2m croc
Ein Zwischenfall, der sich in der letzten Woche zugetragen hat:
A TOURIST is lucky to be alive after he was attacked by a crocodile after taking a dip in a croc-infested billabong in Kakadu National Park yesterday.
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The attack happened at the bush campsite at Bucket Billabong off the Arnhem Highway near Jabiru, about 250km southeast of Darwin, at about 10.30am.
Lest hier: NT News on 03 Oct 2009, Croc attacks man swimming in Kakadu billabong