SYDNEY (AFP) - Wildlife authorities in Australia were hunting for a
sal****er crocodile after police found the ferocious reptile in a home
and released it near a popular swimming hole, thinking it was a
relatively harmless freshwater croc, national radio reported.


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A woman in the small northwestern town of Kununurra called police after
finding the crocodile taped up in her laundry, unaware that it was
being stored there by her son's friend, who is a licensed catcher, the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.


Police released the 1.8 meter (5-foot, 11-inch) reptile into a branch
of Lake Kununurra, a popular recreation area on the town's edge, after
mistaking it for a freshwater crocodile -- a far less aggresive
species.


Wildlife authorities called on the public to keep children and dogs
away from the lake until the "saltie" can be recaptured.


"It's not considered dangerous to adult humans being only 1.8 meters
long, but obviously we wouldn't want to see any children or dogs
swimming in the water until we can recapture it," Brad Rushforth from
the local conservation department told ABC


Rangers set a trap and were patrolling the lake in search of the
crocodile.


"If we find it, we will attempt to harpoon it and remove it from the
lake," Rushforth said.


Considered among the deadliest hunters on earth, the aggressive
sal****er crocodiles inhabit swamps and waterways throughout
Australia's north. They can grow up to 7.0 meters (23 feet) in length
and can weight more than a tonne.


There have been 14 confirmed fatal crocodile attacks in Australia in
the past 27 years, the last a 22-year-old man taken in December 2003 as
he waded in a river.

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I wonder if theyve been more Croc Deaths than Shark Deaths ?

Look at the Size of this thing

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