DSK wrote in message et...
"Capt. Mooron" wrote
..... The croc is
severely limited in it's ability to attack a land based mammal that can
sprint to 18 kph over a hundred meters in seconds.... never mind comprehend
it's surroundings beyond base instinct!! It's hunting food... man is not the
natural prey.


Peter Wiley wrote:
Got some bad news for you, CM. Man *is* natural prey for sal****er
crocs. Back in the 'old' days, the aboriginals apparently used to do
river crossings at a sprint. The logic was that the croc, if about,
would nail one of the older, slower members.

That's taking recycling a bit too far IMHO.

Shrug. Don't know if it's true, but the people did have to cross the
rivers and the crocs did lie in wait for prey. A 12' sal****er croc is
immune to any primitive weapon I can think of, offhand. IIRC the
biggest salty recorded is about 18'. Supposed to get over 20' but no
official measurement AFAIK. Thing is, their girth & weight starts
going up disproportionately with length once they're over around 10',
I think.

I've never seen one but never want to. Florida alligators can't compare.
I've read accounts of the Australian sal****er croc grabbing people out
of boats... heard of one case of one grabbing a person out of a stalled
jeep... not fun.

They've grabbed outboards off boats. Big crocs are territorial.
They're dangerous in their habitat. Whether this particular story is
light on fact or not doesn't really matter.

PDW