Croc Takes T'ville man

[gawby]

As i said in the thread started by daintree boy, not happy to see the rangers shooting the croc. From all the documentarys i have seen the crocs dont eat the catch straight away so no remains as stated would be the case.
You have to question the sanity of those two people gonig out in croc infested waters in a conoe. Anyone in their right mind wouldnt do that. With all due respect for the family of the taken man i carnt realy find sympathy for him because it was such a stupid thing to do.
Graeme

[Fishin_Dan]

Isn't that like going on safari in Africa on a kids pedal tricycle???

I heard that the wife had said she didn't want any crocs killed to find him... Guess they didn't listen to her...

[baldyhead]

It was stated on the tv news tonite that the torn shorts and shirt was found well hidden in the reeds....and that the people searching the waterhole had actually gone past the bundle of clothes at least twice without spotting them....now when a croc tears their food apart they usually fling the bits around pretty dramatically....something is not right here maybe????

[Daintreeboy]

how many years were they married again?

[fishsmith]

I'm suprised more Croc attacks don't occur up this way from what I have observed just about everytime I head out for a fish. Whilst I wouldn't fish out of a canoe up this way for quids some of the following actions people do leave a lot to be desired:


Wading around the stern of there boats in water over knee deep at the boatramp.

Wading whilst throwing a castnet.

Wading whilst draging a bait net.

Fishing sandbars in the middle of the river at low tide.

Camping on the waters edge.

Cleaning fish at the boat ramp and dumping fishframes and offal on site.
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I often observe these activities whilst fishing the creeks North and South of Townie.I have heard reports of a large mud geko that inhabits Stoney creek around the Bohle river boat ramp although i haven't spotted him myself.

I have however spotted a large croc between 3 to 4 metres in length that lives 800m from the Haughton river boat ramp several times over the last couple of years (fished there last sunday and he's still there). Its only a matter of time before another attack occurs with the amount of un croc wise activities occuring on our water ways. The result of which will be a local croc or two culled which does nothing for long term attack prevention...Culling isn't the answer people education is

[baldyhead]

Quote"[b]Culling isn't the answer people education is [/b]"
ABSOLUTE RUBBISH!!!!!!!!

[fishsmith]

Absoloute rubbish Baldy head, WHY! More info please..... >

[baldyhead]

My quote from page 1 "Maybe now the National Parks people will cull (shoot,trap and kill) all crocodiles 2.5m and above.
After all the croc is not in any fear of being endangered...you only have to see how many are in farms and zoos the world over."

Now to try and educate the general masses is an almost impossible task. No matter what type of education,rules,enforcement etc etc etc that one tries to implement the old story still exists. That is " you can tell some of the people SOME of the time."
I will give you a scenario that recentlly happened...we were at a waterhole in the gulf and a vehicle arrived and the 2 adults were setting up a picnic table for lunch when their two kids ventured towards the water..The father bellowed at them to come away from the waters edge...which they did..until he was busy doing something and not looking @ them. The kiddies then went to the water and were knee deep in it picking pretty blue water lillies to give to their mum.... This was in a river system known and signed for saltwater crocodiles.....So much for education etc etc.
If these large dangerous crocs were culled to a length of around 2.5m there would be a greatly reduced risk to the general educated/uneducated population.
I beg to ask a question.....If it was your daughter taken by a crocodile??????
cheers baldy

[gawby]

I dont agree with you baldyhead.
Crocs have been he since adam was a boy in their enviroment. Along comes man, oh look these creatures will eat us so lets just kill them.
This is not the answer.
If anyone by now dosnt know about crocs and where they live and how dangerous they are the must be brain dead.
Graeme

[gawby]

Another thought about culling.
Would it be the case then if there is a shark attack all sharks over 1 mtr long need to be culled.
I am sure, if you think about it the people that went into the croc infested waters with a canoe should have known better. It isnot the crocs fault that this happened and they shouldnt suffer.
Graeme

[basserman]

i thought they did cull sharks and it isn't by a nice hummain way like they do with crocs but by putting in shark nets around the beaches and let the poor buggers did slowly by drowning

i don't live in the tropics so have no real say either way but i think if the number where there and the croc was used as meat and leather then i have no problems with a select cull of them
after all we no longer hunt them as they are protected so they are able to breed in larger numbers ans as already posted they are now no longer endanged with all the croc farms growing and breeding them already for leather and meat and then all the zoos that have them i can't see them in danger anymore

but it is like all things as long as it is done with resurch and under control then it woun't affect anything

[gawby]

Basserman,
Just lately the only thing the shark nets seem to be doing is catching the whales on the coast here.
I really dont like the idea of culls but if the carcuss is used as you said, perhaps.
Graeme

[Shafty]

I would never go into croc water in a canoe...though I have warned people in Cairns and Weipa swimming at boat ramps!!!
"The water is clear and we'd see the croc coming". Unfortunately this won't be the last..

[Needmorerum]

Yeah, I gotta agree with a culling of some sorts, as they don't have a predator at all. There is nothing out there that attacks Crocs. With this, their numbers are just going to get bigger and bigger. It would have to be done controlled though.
We travel up the Cape very regularly, and one of our highlights is spotting crocs at Kalpower and Hanns Crossings in Lakefield. Lakefield is known as the dumping ground for rogue and unwanted crocs. I do agree that fishing from a canoe is rediculous in these area's, but apparently this bloke has been doing it for a number of years. Still can't figure that one out.
If anyone is travelling up north, Wild World in Cairns is good to go to. The croc expert there says there is only three reasons a croc will come up to something in it's territory, to kill it, to eat it, and to mate with it, and I know what it doesn't want to do with us.
As much as this horror didn't need to unfold, it is still disheartening to know that someone's holiday was cut short, a long way short. Now there is a family out there that is missing a Husband, Father, and probably Grandfather, and there will always be a vacant chair at the table during Christmas.
May this never happen to anyone close, and may we always try and think ahead when in foreign and familiar places.

Stay safe,
Corry