Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park, Broome, Australia



There are some great specimens here up to five metres long. With their horned backs and yellow eyes it reminds me of a documentary I saw many years ago called 'And here be dragons'. Watching this fine beast looking at me I know there's no way I'd survive an attack. Most people have survived an attack because the crocodile has let them go for some reason. Statistically you are more likely to survive a shark than a crocodile attack. Not that I'd ever like to choose. They have a biting power of around three tonnes for every two and a half square centimetres. Scientists believe the jaws of saltwater crocodiles are more powerful than Tyrannosaurus Rex. No chance.

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