Jumping Crocodiles

[Hughie]

We had a trip down the Adelaide River near Darwin to see the jumping crocodiles. Very scary things – glad of the safety of the boat. This was a female.

This was a male

Later had a couple of ice cold beers (it was 33 deg Celsius) in the busy outback ‘Humpty Doo’ pub – no crocodile Dundee but there were a few other characters there.

[Vivc113]

Fantastic pix !!! Glad not to be in the water with it (ha ha).

[John Donnelly]

Sorry to be a party-pooper, but I'm not a fan of wild animals doing party tricks as a tourist attraction.
JD.

[hahaya2004]

That's my opinion too, JD. I fully agree with you.

[brian f]

If somebody dangled a juicy steak under my nose pretty sure i would jump for it. These crocs look by the photo to have freedom, unlike the poor animals banged up in the zoo.

[bonzo]

I'd dance fur a steak

[5siamese7]

Sorry to be a party-pooper, but I'm not a fan of wild animals doing party tricks as a tourist attraction.
JD.

If it was in a zoo I can see your point but they are in their natural environment are in no distress and are good at it. I remember when I was in OZZ I went to this animal park and this crock was in a pen and had green mould on its back and looked miserable and dehydrated. I said to it "hey you in jail" and poured the contents of my water bottle on its back. I'm glad I did that and I wish it was back in its natural environment enjoying life and hopefully a nice steak from a friendly human though I doubt if it was a jumper. When I was out there a bloke was eaten by a croc in Queensland and it turned out he was Scottish and I said to our guide you never know your luck and she said she wouldn't want the paperwork which I found very amusing.

[Hughie]

Yes, Bill. They are in a natural environment in the Adelaide River - these are salties and further inland are their freshwater cousins. On the other hand there are crocodile farms here run by the handbag makers - they are a different thing.

[John Donnelly]

Sorry folks,
jumping out of the water to snatch lumps of meat in mid air is not natural behaviour for these animals.
JD.

[brian f]

j.d- I used to holiday in South Devon.Anyway if the weather was nice sitting outside having some lunch used to be a mare- seagulls would swoop and steal anything aff your plate.

But i know what you are saying like....

[morag]

I'm not quite sure it's that jD, feeding a croc should not be road show