23913 posts 2/27/2014 10:59 pm
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It’s hard to imagine a creature more menacing than a great white shark swimming in the surf, but a giant crocodile comes close.
An estimated 12-foot crocodile was spotted<b> cruising </font></b>in the swells this past week at Cable Beach in Broome, Western Australia, prompting officials to close the beach to swimmers and surfers for a day.
It’s unclear what lured the reptile into the surf zone, but the unusual sighting generated quite the spectacle.
Photo showing giant crocodile in surf at Cable Beach is courtesy of Sharon Scoble. Photo showing giant crocodile in surf at Cable Beach is courtesy of Sharon Scoble.
Sharon Scoble, a Broome local, captured the images that accompany this report after receiving a call from her , who spotted the croc while driving to the beach.
Scoble told Perth Now: “It was absolutely awesome. But it wouldn’t have been so awesome if I was swimming and noticed it.”
The croc remained in the surf zone for most of the day, before presumably finding its way back to one of the creeks. (The Broome region’s saltwater crocodiles typically remain in inland waterways.)
“Rangers were making sure no one was going near it,” Scoble said.
Dave Woods, a Parks and Wildlife officer, said this croc might be the same animal that appeared in the surf in December.
Woods added that the croc has been targeted for capture and will be relocated to a remote wilderness park, leaving Cable Beach swimmers with only one genuine worry: sharks.
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50414 posts 3/1/2014 7:05 am |
I did not even know there was such a thing as a salt water croc.
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50414 posts 2/28/2014 7:00 pm |
Quoting marysia4u: Oh, if only it was two things.
We have the Box jelly fish and Stone fish which are also deadly.
I have a few more things to worry about then two too.
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50414 posts 2/28/2014 6:59 pm |
For sure
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15417 posts 2/28/2014 1:51 pm |
Quoting mflater1: Now you have to worry about two things
Oh, if only it was two things.
We have the Box jelly fish and Stone fish which are also deadly.
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41171 posts 2/28/2014 12:41 pm |
That's scary!
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50414 posts 2/28/2014 12:22 pm |
Yes for sure
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50414 posts 2/28/2014 9:55 am |
Quoting sweet_VM: That is a big one! I sure wouldn't want to be swimming out in that ocean hugs V
Oh but you guys have whales
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81699 posts 2/28/2014 9:38 am |
That is a big one! I sure wouldn't want to be swimming out in that ocean hugs V
Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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50414 posts 2/28/2014 8:58 am |
I still do I love the water
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50414 posts 2/28/2014 8:56 am |
You never know about Australia. Man I want to go there
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45446 posts 2/28/2014 6:57 am |
I don't go near the water at any beach
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50414 posts 2/28/2014 5:24 am |
I guess he like to body surf
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50414 posts 2/28/2014 5:22 am |
Quoting marysia4u: I have been to the beach numerous times where it has been closed because of sharks, but never for a crocodile.
Now you have to worry about two things
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15417 posts 2/27/2014 11:17 pm |
I have been to the beach numerous times where it has been closed because of sharks, but never for a crocodile.
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