Re:RIVER MONSTERS wants to hear your stories!
2013/09/05 16:02:37
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Yet another example of I.G. - Did anybody see on TV [ it's been repeated at least 5 times that I know of] a crocodile in [ Indonesia?] that was measured at 20'? Then they found a fisherman that lived on the river and he said one was frequenting his houseboat. It stretched from one point of his boat to another point and when the boat was measured it was ~29'! No, they didn't have the body, but it was sighted and judging from the scutes, it was said to be the largest croc they've ever witnessed."Slides" in Australia have been measured and they have deduced there are some abnormally large crocs in the Northern territories. I wouldn't doubt that.
Crocs are patient, clever killers. I'm fascinated by them, 'gators as well as gharials, but scared to death of large crocs. They appear to be lifeless on the bank and then strike like greased lighting. Heck, the "small" ones of 12' are scary and the very large ones are just as fast as h small ones. They can easily make short work of a man in little time. Measure out 29" and think about it.