Adeliade River Fun

[Poggle]

Ok so originally from Tas i have never had much of an oppertunity to work with crocs. Now i am trying t make up for it any way i can.

So some recent rumors of an 8 mtr male croc in the Adelaide river got me a bit excited and i just had to be apart of finding this wonderful creature and making sure it was in well looked after condition ( how couldn't he be at that size)

It was not my time and due to work limits i had to get home but here are some crocs who wanted to partake in the study.

3 beautiful 3-4 mtr females. And a cracker 6.5mtr male. Beautiful specimen!

Thanks to the guys at Spectacular for use of their boat

Hope you like.

 

[r3ptilian]

nice shots Poggle.

 

[Poggle]

Thanks buddy... Hard to remember when they are so close.... DO NOT TOUCH haha

 

[waruikazi]

Ok, females don't get to 4m... and i'll give you my left one if the 6.5m croc is over 5.5m.

But they are good pics!

 

[Cockney_Red]

That "6.5" is probably Marakai ( spelling )...he was 5+ when I see him in 2000

 

[Poggle]

Ok, females don't get to 4m... and i'll give you my left one if the 6.5m croc is over 5.5m.

But they are good pics!

I said between 3-4 lol. And i am being honest about the male. The boat we were on was a 7mtr. And he was pretty darn close to the length of it.

That "6.5" is probably Marakai ( spelling )...he was 5+ when I see him in 2000

They did say his name. Stated he was a show man but i cant remember it now... i was just in heaven seeing these guys in the wild... was nice. Sense of freedom feeling

 

[waruikazi]

Much over 3m makes for a very big female! Like i said, left one is coming to you in a jar of metho if the 6.5m croc can be verified to be over 5.5!

Crocs always look bigger in the water, they tend to shrink by about a metre when they are pulled out.

 

[Poggle]

Ok i may be wrong if so i am glad to admit it.... But wheni come to Darwin next you r coming out with me... Proof is in the eye

 

[waruikazi]

Ok i may be wrong if so i am glad to admit it.... But wheni come to Darwin next you r coming out with me... Proof is in the eye

I'm down with that! I'll even bring my own carving knife

 

[Poggle]

Sounds good buddy. Ill bring the jar haha

 

[tropicbreeze]

6.5 metres is huge for a croc. This is a photo of a 4.3 metre we caught. Half as long as that again would be pretty big, to put it mildly.