Croc signs offputting...

[Chamelion]

I take my canoe out in some of the freshwater parts in the NT but only in National Parks that get surveyed after the wet.

Crocs will have a look at you and stalk you before they attack so just keep your eyes open. If a big croc comes up beside you in a yak or canoe it will flip you in a second and you wont come back to the surface.

Crocs are becoming more and more prolific up here and get into some really strange places.

IMO I would never canoe anywhere in an estuary where there are crocs- it's a little crazy to take the risk.

Cheers
Pete

You can blame the cane toads for the increase in croc numbers. The toads kill off the goanas and thus the goanas aren't numerous enough to keep the number of croc eggs down.

[warti]

I have paid for a kayak and hopefully it turns up next week. I will then be able to tell you if there are any crocs around the gladstone region. Have fished here most of my life and havnt seen one yet. Have been told of one that lives up the top of the calliope which is just up the road and i will be hitting it a fair bit, so i will find out eventually. Going down the baffle this weekend, no crocs but hopefully some jacks.

[borisdog]

You can blame the cane toads for the increase in croc numbers. The toads kill off the goanas and thus the goanas aren't numerous enough to keep the number of croc eggs down.

TRIPE.

Nothing to do with the lack of bullets flying around anymore?

There are multiple generations of crocodiles around now that know no fear of man, they've never been shot at and in fact have been a protected species for many years now.

Their population will increase as much as their food supply and habitat conditions will allow.

They're an apex predator - once they get to a certain size it's only their own kind who present the threat to other breeding size crocodiles.

Darryl