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World's largest salt water crocodile found in India  -  Jun 15, 2006
Money Times - The Money TimesThe Bhitarkanika sanctuary on the Orissa coast has achieved an exceptional distinction of housing the world's largest salt water crocodile measuring about ...

26 fresh water crocodiles hatched at Vandalur zoo  -  Jun 16, 2009
Times of IndiaExcept the Cuban crocodile, the zoological park at Vandalur has rest of the seven major varieties such as Indo-Pacific or the salt water crocodile, ...

Australia Zoo Wants You To Visit And Adopt A Salt Water Crocodile  -  Sep 22, 2008
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor NewsBy Kylie Wilkings. Beerwah, Australia - Crikey! Here at Australia Zoo we are flat out like lizards drinking caring for over 1000 drop-dead gorgeous animals, ...

Croc population on the rise in Bhitarkanika  -  Jan 19, 2010
Times of IndiaSixty-four salt water crocodile nesting sites were spotted in the creeks, ... Four years ago, Bhitarkanika's 23-foot-long salt water crocodile figured in ...

Posh gets a handbagging: Animal rights groups attack Victoria Beckham...  -  Jun 20, 2009
Daily MailBy Richard Simpson. Victoria Beckham is being targeted by animal rights protesters over her obsession with Hermes Birkin crocodile skin handbags. ...

AM - NT tourist spots closed due to crocodile threat  -  May 4, 2005
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineSalt water crocodile numbers in the top end are at an all time high, ... There's a sudden panic... a salt water crocodile has slid silently up behind us to ...

Danes crook at croc capture  -  Nov 22, 2006
NEWS.com.auTHE people of Denmark have spoken – Allan the 2m salt-water crocodile should have been left in peace. Allan, a 2m salt-water crocodile, made headlines in ...

A croc comes to town  -  Dec 30, 2007
Sunday Times.lkBy Malaka Rodrigo, Pic by Mike Anthonisz. Where does one expect to find a crocodile basking in the sun or slowly gliding into the water? ...

Fashion - LifeAndStyle - smh.com.au  -  Nov 19, 2008
Sydney Morning HeraldIt is also luxurious - created from the finest kangaroo leather, silk, cashmere and salt-water crocodile with a price point to match. ...

Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia  -  Nov 17, 2009
NPR17, 2009, a mixed breed of a Siamese and salt water crocodile is seen at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Phnom Tamao village, Takoe province, ...

Bhitarkanika is home to world's largest crocodiles  -  Jun 14, 2006
Zee NewsBhubaneswar, June 14: The Bhitarkanika Park on the Orissa coast has achieved the rare distinction of housing the world's largest salt water crocodile ...

Week-long ban in Bhitarkanika National Park  -  Dec 31, 2008
MerinewsAccording to official sources, the salt water crocodile being amphibious in ... It may be noted here that the giant 23 feet long Salt water crocodile, ...

A rare `saltie' spotted in Straits of Malacca | Article from New...  -  Feb 16, 2009
Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam ResearchWhen we looked closer, we realised it was a salt water crocodile swimming against the current," Khoo said. Estuarine crocodiles, commonly known as "salties" ...

Fashion - LifeAndStyle - theage.com.au  -  Nov 20, 2008
The AgeArchitects of Australiana ... a model shows the Merinda dress by Catherine Martin and RM Williams executive designer Jonathan Ward. ...

Crocodile bank bursting at the seams  -  Jun 24, 2005
BBC NewsThe biggest draw is a salt water crocodile, named Jaws III. Seventeen feet long, this reptile weighs over a ton and is extremely ferocious. ...

Kaohsiung croc has yet another surprise for zoo  -  Apr 15, 2007
Taipei Times - Taipei TimesBy Flora Wang. The crocodile that bit off a vet's forearm at Kaohsiung's Shoushan Zoo on Wednesday had another surprise for authorities on Friday. ...

Salt water croc spotted off The Strand in Townsville  -  Mar 2, 2009
NEWS.com.auThe alarm had already been raised after a man reported seeing the salt water crocodile off Rowes Bay about an hour earlier. ...

Chamber race day is a clear winner  -  Jan 24, 2007
starnewsgroup.com.auReptile handler Stacey McCarthy with a two-year-old salt water crocodile, which one day will grow to eight metres in length. THE Greater Dandenong Community ...

Vital: Water yoiu on about? OUR BODIES ARE MADE UP OF TWO …  -  Jan 25, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Daily Record - HighBeam ResearchVital: Water yoiu on about? OUR BODIES ARE MADE UP OF TWO THIRDS WATER SO DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO EVERY FUNCTION YOU CARRY OUT?

Crocodile kills woman in Bhitarkanika  -  May 20, 2009
Times of IndiaKENDRAPADA: A salt water crocodile killed a 32-year-old woman on Tuesday evening. She was washing clothes in the Baitarani, about 10 km from Bhitarkanika ...

The liquid forest & its lesser known denizens  -  Jan 10, 2008
Hindu Business LineSunderbans Tiger Reserve, West Bengal It was the early part of an afternoon when our motorised boat puttered along the many water channels towards ...

Crocodile population increases in Bhitarkanika  -  Jan 17, 2007
KalingaTimesIt may be noted that the forest officials had also sighted a giant 23 feet long salt water crocodile in Bhitarkanika earlier. ...

Salt-water croc population up  -  Feb 3, 2006
Newindpress on SundayKENDRAPARA: At least 1454 salt water (estuarine) crocodiles were sighted inside the Bhitarkanika National Park during an annual census conducted recently, ...

Crocodile clears Darwin swimming pool. 30/01/2005. ABC News Online  -  Jan 30, 2005
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineA one-metre salt water crocodile has been found swimming in a public pool in Palmerston, south of Darwin. Swimmers discovered the young male saltie lurking ...

Steve Irwin dead  -  Sep 4, 2006
NEWS.com.au...year Irwin had created a furore when he took 'Baby Bob' into Australia Zoo's crocodile enclosure while feeding a four-metre salt water crocodile. ...

Saltie wanders over for an early morning swim  -  Feb 6, 2007
The Mercury - The Mercury (subscription)DARWIN: A group of Australian schoolchildren about to take their early morning swim found a 1.6m salt water crocodile had got into the pool first, ...

Australian boy, 7, feeds animals to crocodile in night-time spree  -  Oct 3, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald...under 10 years old, then tossed some of the animals into the enclosure of the 200 kilogram (440 pound) salt water crocodile which is seen eating them. ...

Over 50 crocodile nesting sites spotted in Orissa  -  May 23, 2007
Monsters and Critics.comKendrapada (Orissa), May 23 (IANS) At least 53 crocodile nesting sites have been found in Orissa's Bhitarkanika national park, home to the largest ...

Sydney Wildlife World Announces New exhibit  -  Nov 29, 2009
PR UrgentSydney Wildlife World has announced that it will open a new exhibition dedicated to the giant salt water crocodile on December 22nd. ...

Crocs in popular swimming spots  -  Apr 11, 2005
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineI'm sure that the reporter and the report is very sound, we have come across an animal that is sowing characteristics of being a salt water crocodile, ...

NT croc battles chainsaw and wins  -  Apr 29, 2006
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineLINDY KERIN: Brutus the salt water crocodile is kept as an attraction at the Corroboree Park Tavern, about 80 kilometres south east of Darwin. ...

newindpress on sunday - News Items  -  Aug 27, 2008
Newindpress on SundayAt Port Blair we first visited the practically-deserted mini zoo, (it was in the last stages of being relocated) and saw an enormous salt water crocodile. ...

Croc kills woman in Bhitarkanika  -  Apr 26, 2009
Express BuzzKENDRAPARA: Rangalata Pati (58) of Dangamala village within Bhitarkanika National Park in the district was killed by a salt-water crocodile today while she ...

Adventure underwater  -  Jan 26, 2010
The HinduCross the seas I did, taking up a long-standing invite from Roc the Croc, my salt water crocodile pal who lives in the Andamans. Andaman and Nicobar islands ...

Sydney Wildlife World announces new exhibit  -  Nov 30, 2009
responsesource.comSydney Wildlife World has announced that it will open a new exhibition dedicated to the giant salt water crocodile on December 22nd. ...

CROC KILLS BRIT DIVER  -  Sep 26, 2005
Mirror.co.ukA BRITISH swimmer is believed to have been killed by a crocodile while snorkelling in Australia. Mine worker Russell Harris, 37, went missing off Groote ...

Croc pulled from swimming hole  -  Oct 5, 2006
NEWS.com.auA LARGE salt water crocodile has been fished out of a popular Northern Territory swimming hole, prompting calls for swimmers to be on the alert. ...

Grandma returns to scene of croc attack  -  Apr 17, 2005
Sydney Morning HeraldBy Louise Hall. A grandmother who flung herself on a crocodile to save her son's friend will return to the same camping spot where the attack occurred. ...

Halting croc egg harvesting  -  Jun 9, 2007
NEWS.com.auJohn Lever, owner of the Koorana Salt Water Crocodile Farm on the Capricorn Coast in central Queensland, says crocodile farmers want to see double the ...

Johnie the crocodile is surburban family's pet  -  Oct 13, 2009
NEWS.com.auThe savage salt water crocodile lives in his own heated pool in a rear bungalow. Frozen rats fill the freezers at the Lowing home. But sometimes the inmates ...

Granny 1, crocodile 0  -  Feb 27, 2006
Independent OnlineSydney - An Australian grandmother was honoured with a bravery award on Monday for wrestling a giant salt-water crocodile as it dragged her friend from a ...

Israeli nearly eaten by Aussie croc  -  Mar 5, 2008
Jewish Telegraphic AgencyBy · March 5, 2008. An Israeli tourist fishing in northern Australia came within a snap of being eaten by a monster crocodile. ...

Saltwater crocodile arrives in Sydney  -  Dec 20, 2009
Sydney Morning HeraldKeepers at Sydney Wildlife World take delivery of Rex, a 5m, 700kg salt water crocodile to coincide with their latest exhibit 'The Last Living Dinosaur' ...

Up close and personal with crocs  -  Dec 12, 2005
TVNZThe 2002 taking of a tourist by a salt water crocodile, (or "saltie") from Kakadu's Sandy Billagong came three years before local researchers confirmed a NT ...

Australian boy, 7, feeds animals to crocodile  -  Oct 6, 2008
AsiaOne...under 10 years old, then tossed some of the animals into the enclosure of the 200 kilogram (440 pound) salt water crocodile which is seen eating them. ...

Zoo in pachyderm gender shocker  -  Apr 22, 2007
Taipei Times - Taipei TimesKaohsiung City's Shoushan Zoo has another surprise for the public: an elephant named Ali, which the public has always been led to believe was a male, ...

Last night on television: Life in Cold Blood (BBC1) - Curb Your …  -  Feb 5, 2008
Telegraph.co.ukBy James Walton. By James Walton. Last night on BBC1, we saw two tortoises having a fight while an elderly man looked on excitedly. ...

Sea monsters found in desert  -  May 25, 2005
ABC Online - ABC OnlineThe other set of remains belong to a kronosaur, which Kear says was a fearsome predator resembling "a gigantic salt water crocodile with flippers instead of ...

Amazing moments to savour  -  Jun 12, 2007
The HinduBATTLING THE BEAST: A scene from "Most Dangerous Moments" that will be aired on National Geographic Channel on June 26. NEW DELHI: Taking television viewers ...

Comments on: Python Strangles Child in Florida - CBS News  -  Jul 1, 2009
CBS News...well at least the mother stopped dating the other white trash that owned a salt water crocodile....... conservatives, conservatives...... ...

Stars battle wild Aussies  -  Feb 1, 2008
NEWS.com.au..."I'd rather go up against a salt water crocodile," she said. "Something bigger, I figure you can reason with that. Two crew members were stung during the ...

In praise of... personal odysseys  -  Oct 8, 2007
The GuardianAs the major fighting was about to get under way in the first of three wars that led to the break up of former Yugoslavia, eastern Slavonia in 1991 was a ...

Adventurer Jason Lewis to end 13-year journey  -  Sep 25, 2007
Telegraph.co.ukHe has experienced hardships including malaria, being attacked by a salt water crocodile in Australia, being run over by a car in Colorado which left him ...

Cannibal croc chomps chum  -  Aug 7, 2008
The SunTHIS spectacular snap shows a whopping 3.5 metre salt-water crocodile tucking into one of his mates. The cannibal croc was sighted munching on the dead ...

Are you the next Steve Irwin?  -  Sep 12, 2005
Independent OnlineSydney - Killing a deadly salt-water crocodile may not be everyone's idea of a relaxing holiday experience, but Australian officials are considering ...

Happy beach hopping  -  Jan 28, 2007
HinduTHE Airbus banked left and dropped out of the low clouds. There, below in the emerald waters, was my first sight of the Andaman Islands covered in lush ...

Gene Hunt and other reptiles  -  Feb 9, 2008
Telegraph.co.ukThe start of Sir David Attenborough's final epic series, Life in Cold Blood (BBC1, Mon), was clearly a sacred moment in broadcasting history, so an awkward ...

WunderKammer | GeekDad | Wired.com  -  Feb 26, 2009
Wired NewsBy Daniel Donahoo. We live in rural Victoria. I work in Melbourne, the closest capital, and today I found the next place my boys and I will visit on a trip ...

Giant crocodile skull on display at Dangamala  -  Dec 5, 2006
Newindpress on SundayKENDRAPARA: Forest officials of Bhitarkanika have displayed the skeleton of a giant salt water crocodile, which could be one of the largest in the country, ...

PHOTO: HOU CHENG-HSU, TAIPEI TIMES  -  Jul 8, 2007
Taipei Times - Taipei TimesShoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung has made national news at least four times this year, all in a negative light. In February, a chimpanzee bit off part of a ...

This storm is like a lasting match  -  Dec 2, 2005
Hindu Business LineIT'S too difficult to ignore a cyclone that stands stationary near the coast. And Baaz has been doing just that, adamantly slow-jogging near Chennai, ...

Stars trek to a new world  -  Oct 13, 2008
NEWS.com.auBy Josh Massoud. Memories to savour: Nathan Hindmarsh with gorillas in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Picture: Gregg Porteous. ...

The deadliest creatures on Earth? Your say  -  May 27, 2009
BBC NewsThe painted hunting dogs (which you mentioned), the salt water crocodile would also be included, an awesome predator. The wolverine would also be in, ...

Johnny Neihu's NewsWatch: Walking with dinosaurs (and apes)  -  Apr 21, 2007
Taipei Times - Taipei TimesJohnny invites readers to join him on a safari tour of this fair island. There's limbless veterinarians, gossipy marsupials (with too much or not enough ...

Shark fishing can be a barrel of fun  -  Jul 31, 2007
Mirror.co.uk2-1 Great White Shark, 6-1 Killer Whale, 10-1 Salt Water Crocodile, 33-1 Giant Squid. All bets void if none of the above caught.

Mysterious monsters threatening Sydney  -  Mar 1, 2006
mathaba.netWHEN the maneater was caught and identified as, indeed, a salt water crocodile, even though it was only 30cm long, the argument began as to how it got there ...

'Steve & Me' Chronicles Personal Life of Croc Hunter  -  Nov 7, 2007
NPRTerri Irwin, wife of the late Steve Irwin, has written a book about her life with the "Crocodile Hunter." In 2006, fans mourned the loss of Steve Irwin, ...

LaSalle student recreates Hermes Birkin look alike  -  Jun 30, 2009
Channel News AsiaCherin was inspired to produce this bag after research she did showed that a salt water crocodile skin Birkin bag sold in an auction for a huge sum of money ...

Crocodile Invades Pool .  -  Feb 1, 2005
Ellensburg Daily Record - Google News ArchiveAbout four people were swimming laps in the Olympic-length pool when a life guard was alerted that a one-yard-long salt water crocodile had been spotted .

Behind-the-seas dangers in Hudson, McConaughey movie  -  Jan 2, 2008
Stuff.co.nz..."I'd rather go up against a salt water crocodile," she said. "Something bigger, I figure you can reason with that. Two crew members were stung during the ...

Crocodile Found in Public Pool in Australia  -  Feb 4, 2005
epochtimes.comDARWIN - Swimmers in Palmerston Leisure Center's swimming pool in Darwin, Australia were surprised to find a one-meter-long salt water crocodile lurking ...

Three dismembered bodies have been found in one week on Florida's …  -  May 21, 2006
Pay-Per-View - Express on Sunday - Factiva, from Dow JonesThe largest living crocodilian ever recorded was a male salt water crocodile measuring 6.3m. They can weigh more than a ton. ...

What a `monitor lizard' | Article from New Straits Times | HighBeam …  -  Apr 20, 2008
Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam ResearchThe salt-water crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) had escaped from a nearby farm which breeds crocodiles for commercial use. ...

Fear Aussie Eaten By Giant Crocodile  -  Oct 1, 2008
postchronicle.com...by Staff. A search resumed in far northeastern Australia Wednesday for a 62-year-old man who authorities fear was snatched from the water's edge by a giant ...

Trap set for nudist beach croc  -  May 11, 2009
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineGeneric TV still of close-up of head of salt water crocodile, with jaws open in water in far north Qld on November 13, 2008. (ABC TV News - file image) ...

Australian Ranger Saved in Crocodile Show  -  Nov 27, 2009
NTDTVDuring a crocodile show in a sanctuary in northeast of Australia, Jaws, a 13 foot salt water crocodile, moved so swiftly and so close to a junior ranger… ...

Local Experts talk about Steve Irwin Death  -  Sep 5, 2006
KHNL-TV/KHBC/KOGG..."When I first heard Steve Irwin had been killed, I immediately thought it was a poisonous snake or salt water crocodile," said Naughton with the National ...

Top stories of 2007  -  Dec 31, 2007
Cay CompassAn eight–foot–long salt water crocodile was captured alive in Old Man Bay on 30 December and taken to Boatswain's Beach. It was the first confirmed sighting ...

… in the geneticists to unravel the secrets to superior salt water...  -  Jul 20, 2009
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineDESLEY BLANCH : It's 40 years since the Federal Government established Australia's first crocodile farm at Edward River in Far North Queensland. ...

Article: Cane Toads Blamed For Crocodile Deaths - Getty Images | …  -  Aug 9, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchThe Cane Toad, which is poisonous, is reportedly being blamed for the deaths of a number of Australia's most dangerous predator, the Salt Water Crocodile. ...

newindpress on sunday - News Items  -  Aug 27, 2008
Newindpress on SundayIn 1975, the Gharial Research and Conservation Centre was set up at Tikarpara in Satkosia gorge sanctuary, the same year, the Salt Water crocodile Research ...

Participants of Planet Action pose with a leatherback turtle; (below)...  -  Apr 4, 2006
Calcutta TelegraphFor an audience served orchestrated drama and buckets of tears in a controlled environment in the name of reality shows that are more showbiz than reality, ...

Don't kill the crocodile that killed our son, grieving parents plead...  -  Feb 19, 2009
Pay-Per-View - Independent - London - HighBeam ResearchDon't kill the crocodile that killed our son, grieving parents plead ... find The Independent - London articles. The remains of a five-year-old boy who ...

Cane Toads Blamed For Crocodile Deaths | Article from Getty Images | ...  -  Aug 9, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Getty Images - HighBeam ResearchThe Cane Toad, which is poisonous, is reportedly being blamed for the deaths of a number of Australia's most dangerous predator, the Salt Water Crocodile. ...

Police hunt croc killer  -  Jul 14, 2007
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineThe severely wounded salt water crocodile was found near Elizabeth Creek, 30 kilometres from the Woolianna public boat ramp, at about 10:00am ACST. ...

Philippines Crocodile Attack Pictures from March 11, 2009 | HighBeam ...  -  Mar 11, 2009
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam Research...second from left, relate their ordeal Wednesday, March 11, 2009 after surviving an attack by a 7-meter (23-foot)-long salt water crocodile while she and ...

Philippines Crocodile Attack Pictures from March 11, 2009 | HighBeam ...  -  Mar 11, 2009
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchIn this photo released by the non-government organization Save Mindanao Volunteers, a view of the site where a 7-meter (23-foot)-long salt water crocodile ...

Philippines Crocodile Attack Pictures from March 11, 2009 | HighBeam ...  -  Mar 11, 2009
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam Research...a damage to a canoe is shown Wednesday, March 11, 2009, following an attack by a 7-meter (23-foot)-long salt water crocodile of two grade 1 pupils while ...

Philippines Crocodile Attack Pictures from March 11, 2009 | HighBeam ...  -  Mar 11, 2009
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchBunawan town police officer Melchor Danuco said, a 7-meter (23-foot)-long salt water crocodile allegedly attacked a canoe with two school girls on board ...

Philippines Crocodile Attack Pictures from March 11, 2009 | HighBeam ...  -  Mar 11, 2009
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchBunawan town police officer Melchor Danuco said, a 7-meter (23-foot)-long salt water crocodile allegedly attacked a canoe with two school girls on board ...

Philippines Crocodile Attack Pictures from March 11, 2009 | HighBeam ...  -  Mar 11, 2009
Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchBunawan town police officer Melchor Danuco said, a 7-meter (23-foot)-long salt water crocodile allegedly attacked a canoe with two school girls on board ...

Article: Wife unable to help as crocodile killed snorkeller.(News) -...  -  Sep 27, 2005
Pay-Per-View - Daily Post - HighBeam ResearchA BRITISH snorkeller who is thought to have been killed by a salt water crocodile was being watched by his wife on...

Film Reviews Black Water (15 )  -  Feb 22, 2008
BirminghamMail.netTHREE Australian youngsters sail into deadly salt water crocodile territory, believing that anything is better than being stuck in an office. ...

Police honoured for croc attack rescue  -  Apr 22, 2005
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineThe same four-metre salt water crocodile had killed their 22-year-old friend Brett Mann. Sergeant Glenn McPhee, the Territory Response Section and the ...

Hunt your own handbag  -  Sep 13, 2005
iAfrica.comKilling a deadly salt-water crocodile may not be everyone's idea of a relaxing holiday experience, but Australian officials are considering introducing ...

Vic company advertises croc hunts in US  -  Mar 30, 2005
ABC Regional Online - ABC Regional OnlineVictorian-based company, Australian South Pacific Safaris is advertising salt water crocodile hunts for $US5,000. Hunting crocodiles is currently illegal in ...

GPS tracks crocs in Bhitarkanika  -  Jan 18, 2009
Express BuzzKENDRAPARA: The forest and wildlife officials are taking help of GPS (Global Positioning System) to count the crocodiles during the week-long annual ...

Evening Star - Evening Star 24  -  Mar 31, 2007
Ipswich Evening StarThe Australian Cayman (crocodylus aprifolus) is closely related to the better-known salt water crocodile which is found in the northern coastal areas of the ...

Article: CROC HORROR.(News) - The Mirror (London, England) | …  -  Apr 23, 2007
Pay-Per-View - The Mirror - HighBeam ResearchPOLICE in Australia's Northern Territory were today hunting for a salt water crocodile that snatched a 22-year-old man in a river and killed him. ...

Fed: Civil action likely against parents of reptile killer | Article...  -  Oct 3, 2008
Pay-Per-View - AAP General News - HighBeam Research...fed 10 lizards to the park's resident salt water crocodile. Three other lizards were found bludgeoned to death. Police identified the boy from security ...

Weird airline news; baby croc on the loose in-flight!  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Examiner.comIt isn't known whether this was a fresh or salt water crocodile. Seriously now, there was a loose crocodile on the flight and it did have to be 'captured'

Ban on tourists to Bhitarkanika lifted  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
Express BuzzLast year, 57 salt-water crocodile nesting sites were spotted at the creeks, nullahs and river systems in the park by the forest officials.

Kindergarten children get real with reptiles  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Euroa GazetteFinally, Chomps the salt-water crocodile's baleful glare defied anyone to mess with him, even if his mouth was safely taped up! The children (and some of

Croc search called off  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
Sky News AustraliaAuthorities have called off the search for a salt water crocodile, believed to be responsible for the death of 11-year-old Briony Goodsell,

Can magnets keep crocodiles away from Florida's suburbs?  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
MiamiHerald.comJUNE 1, 2006: Todd Hardwick of Pesky Critters transports an 11-foot salt water crocodile that was in South Miami. This crocodile was the first that the

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It Had to be Snakes! Fort Worth set to unveil reptile exhibit  -  Feb 2, 2009
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth,Those include a colossal salt water crocodile, slithering king cobra and distinctive Panamanian golden frogs. MOLA will also include birds from the scarlet

GPS tracks crocs in Bhitarkanika  -  Jan 18, 2009
Express Buzz,...crocodiles during the week-long annual salt-water crocodile census in the rivers, creeks and other water bodies within the Bhitarkanika National Park.

Get ready-to-wear Australia  -  19 Nov 2008
The Age,It is also luxurious - created from the finest kangaroo leather, silk, cashmere and salt-water crocodile with a price point to match.

Australia Zoo Wants You To Visit And Adopt A Salt Water Crocodile  -  Sep 22, 2008
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News,By Kylie Wilkings Beerwah, Australia - Crikey! Here at Australia Zoo we are flat out like lizards drinking caring for over 1000 drop-dead gorgeous animals,

‘Rustic charm’ really means ‘no private bath’  -  Aug 31, 2008
San Marcos Daily Record,...you stay inside the net – go outside and we can almost guarantee you’ll encounter a salt water crocodile, a stingray or a hungry shark; maybe all three.

Cannibal croc chomps chum  -  Aug 7, 2008
The Sun,By STAFF REPORTER THIS spectacular snap shows a whopping 3.5 metre salt-water crocodile tucking into one of his mates. The cannibal croc was sighted

A magical land of contrasts  -  Aug 5, 2008
Manchester Evening News,...still water marshes and an impressive range of wildlife including rhino, elephants and marsh muggers - a 4ft relative of the salt water crocodile.

Kanika royal palace to be converted into museum  -  Jul 28, 2008
Newindpress,Speaking to mediapersons on Sunday, he said that this time, world’s largest skull of a salt water crocodile will be preserved in the museum besides other

What a 'monitor lizard'  -  Apr 19, 2008
New Straits Times,The salt-water crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) had escaped from a nearby farm which breeds crocodiles for commercial use. Another resident, Kamarulzaman

Croc attacks national park swimmer  -  Apr 4, 2008
ABC Science Online,Northern Territory police say a salt water crocodile has attacked a woman at the Litchfield National park 160 kilometres south-south west of Darwin.

Telegraph TV pick: Life in Cold Blood (BBC1)  -  Feb 4, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Elsewhere at different times, he called both the salt-water crocodile and the leatherback turtle the biggest reptile in the world.

Behind-the-seas dangers in Hudson, McConaughey movie  -  Jan 31, 2008
Stuff.co.nz,..."I'd rather go up against a salt water crocodile," she said. "Something bigger, I figure you can reason with that. Two crew members were stung during the

Gene Hunt and other reptiles  -  Feb 8, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,It was sloppily edited (he claimed that both the leather-backed turtle and the salt-water crocodile were the biggest reptile) and was too in thrall to the

BBC witnesses end of an era  -  Feb 15, 2008
Variety,...one that both the leather-backed turtle and the salt-water crocodile were the biggest reptile) and being too much in thrall to night-time filming.

Snake slithers and slides around smiling Sam  -  Feb 13, 2008
Geelong Advertiser,Sam's big brother Ben, 10, was equally content cradling a three-year-old salt water crocodile named Charlie, whose jaws were securely tied shut.

Water-colour holiday  -  01 Dec 2007
Newindpress on Sunday,At Port Blair we first visited the practically-deserted mini zoo, (it was in the last stages of being relocated) and saw an enormous salt water crocodile.

Young victim of killer croccodile  -  Nov 26, 2007
The National,By ANTHONY KAYBING A YOUNG man from Solos in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville was snatched by a huge salt water crocodile along the Kavex beachfront in

'Steve & Me' Chronicles Personal Life of Croc Hunter  -  Nov 7, 2007
NPRI watched the still, dark, murky water erupt with an enormous ton of salt-water crocodile. The croc nearly snapped the buttons off Steve's shirt as he

Steve Irwin Day: Thousands flock to pay tribute  -  Nov 14, 2007
LIVENEWS.com.au,Terri took centre stage in the “Crocoseum�, expertly performing a live salt water crocodile display. Daughter Bindi Irwin was also in action launching two

In praise of... personal odysseys  -  Oct 7, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Arrested in Egypt as a spy, mown down by an elderly driver while he was rollerblading across the US, pursued by a salt-water crocodile in Australia,

A new record - around the world in 13 years  -  Oct 5, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,It almost came to a premature end when he was pursued by a salt water crocodile in Australia and again after he was knocked over by an elderly driver as he

News in brief  -  Oct 6, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,He caught malaria, was attacked by a salt-water crocodile in Australia, capsized in the Atlantic, was arrested as a spy in Egypt and run over by a car in

PHOTO/VIDEO: World’s Deadliest Animals  -  Oct 10, 2007
Javno.hr,Who is stronger, a great white shark or a salt water crocodile? Take a look at video 5. Elephants can kill a person with one hit of their legs.

Crocodile devours Australian bull shark  -  Aug 17, 2007
Times Online,This 4-metre (13ft) salt-water crocodile made swift work of the bull shark that it seized in the Daly River, in Australia's remote Northern Territory.

Shark fishing can be a barrel of fun  -  Jul 31, 2007
Mirror.co.uk,2-1 Great White Shark, 6-1 Killer Whale, 10-1 Salt Water Crocodile, 33-1 Giant Squid. All bets void if none of the above caught.

Cross-Country: More lots for festival bazaars  -  Jul 24, 2007
New Straits Times,KOTA BARU: It is the life of captivity for the buaya tembaga (salt water crocodile) which attacked a villager in Sungai Kelantan on Monday.



Danes crook at croc capture  Nov 22, 2006
THE people of Denmark have spoken – Allan the 2m salt-water crocodile should have been left in peace. Allan, a 2m salt-water crocodile ... - Courier Mail,
Rare croc skeleton found Mar 27, 2006
KENDRAPARA: A 19 - foot and eight – inch - long skeleton of an endangered salt -water crocodile was unearthed by some herpetologists with the help of Forest ...
Newindpress (subscription),

Mysterious monsters threatening Sydney Mar 1, 2006
WHEN the maneater was caught and identified as, indeed, a salt water crocodile, even though it was only 30cm long, the argument began as to how it got there. ...
Mathaba.Net,

Granny 1, Crocodile 0 Feb 27, 2006
Sydney - An Australian grandmother was honoured with a bravery award on Monday for wrestling a giant salt-water crocodile as it dragged her friend from a tent. ...
Independent Online,
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