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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #25 on: July 13, 2011, 09:46:19 AM »
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Id have no problem feeding that using a 6ft pole.

I've seen heaps of those "aussie travel" shows on Ch9 etc feedin crocs and Shit where they jump out of the water like that first photo
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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #26 on: July 13, 2011, 09:55:03 AM »
My 2 cents worth.. is it's a fake

All the passengers are looking up and ahead and no one has jumped aside.  If a croc that size came up next to you you would Sh*t yourself and jump a side and the facial expressions are all wrong.

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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #27 on: July 13, 2011, 10:10:20 AM »
I am born and bred in Darwin and when we went on the Jumping Croc cruisers for school excursions, it is amazing to see how big they are and how small there splash was once they went back in the water . There is a heap of tour boat operator's running out of Adelaide river now and there is some small boats doing a "Personal" tour , they reckon that the Crocs  know the pulse out of each boat and its amazing to see them all head to the boats once running . I have been living in north Queensland for a few years now and i haven't seen anything that even comes close to the Crocs  in the NT and i have done a few trips up the Cape.  I reckon that pic is as true as the sky is blue (most times ha ha). If you ever go to the top end  go and do the CROCADILUS PARK tour in Darwin and have a look at that park its UNREAL. Also have a look in the Darwin Museum like Kit_e_kat9  said you will spin out at the size of sweetheart .

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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #28 on: July 13, 2011, 10:13:49 AM »
They guide the Crocs in with the bait for a few minutes the you can see the Croc ready itself for jumping at the bait all slow and steady as, at least that's how i have seen it done 5-6 times i have been on the jumping Croc tours.

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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #29 on: July 13, 2011, 10:44:10 AM »
Note to self never go on a jumping croc tour
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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2011, 11:12:57 AM »
WHAT A LOAD OF CROC!!!  Photoshop for sure. A croc that size would leave a massive hole in the water, move half a ton of water and cast a huge shadow. That my view!
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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #31 on: July 13, 2011, 12:28:50 PM »
http://www.all-about-reptiles.com/crocodile.html
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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #32 on: July 13, 2011, 08:19:59 PM »
Did the Adelaide R crock tour about 7 years ago and can vouch for the size of the crocks.  Will search through my trip photos (film) and see if I can dig a few up.

Looks like the size if the boat we toured on and even parked next to a crock that was longer than the 6M boat.

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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #33 on: July 13, 2011, 09:10:51 PM »
Yep when we lived in HUMPTY DOO we would have loved to have a fish in the Adelaide river, Only because no one else wanted to fish in there due to the size's and amount of big fellas in there, so we pussed it as well ha ha.

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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #34 on: July 13, 2011, 09:39:25 PM »
you want to see someone Shitting bricks then look at the big burly bloke in the blue shirt at the front of the photo,he reckons its real!!!photo was shown in melbourne sun and had a little more border
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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #35 on: July 15, 2011, 11:11:35 AM »
We went on similar boat in 2007.  In this pic the croc seems a bit close to the boat but here's a couple of our snaps of the day...





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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #36 on: July 15, 2011, 11:40:24 AM »
It was on the 7PM report, they interviewed the owner of the tour in question, he's real, it's 5.5mtrs and he is known as Brutus, he is a big male that they see now and then.

The fake bit is how close it is to the boat.

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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #37 on: July 15, 2011, 11:58:16 AM »
Quote from: hgmonaro on July 15, 2011, 11:11:35 AM
We went on similar boat in 2007.  In this pic the croc seems a bit close to the boat but here's a couple of our snaps of the day...

Great shots, and they clearly show that the crocs don't upset the water much at all when they come up. We are talking about an animal that has evolved in water over millenia, so they are adept at moving through it with stealth.

I reckon the pic of Brutus is real, and remember that this might be the 4th or 5th croc that has broached during that boat trip, so why would anyone be overly surprised to see him?

What a bloody amazing animal they are.
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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #38 on: July 15, 2011, 01:27:12 PM »
I would much prefer to see them looking like a hand bag. ;D
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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #39 on: July 15, 2011, 08:28:45 PM »
they coach them in that slow and you can tell what they are gunna do just before most time's.
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Re: Thats a croc!
« Reply #40 on: July 19, 2011, 11:53:31 AM »
Hi,
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