Croc On Ice
Police in the city of Nhulunbuy in Australia have come up with a novel way of dealing with nuisance crocodiles. They arrest them and throw them in jail.
The recreational anglers were hauling their boat up a ramp at the Nhulunbuy Yacht Club late on Thursday afternoon when the crocodile "had a go at them", the national AAP news agency reported.
They alerted police in the small mining town on the Gove Peninsular east of Darwin and warnings were broadcast on local radio until the reptile was captured by Parks and Wildlife officers.
It was put in a cell in the Nhulunbuy police station for the night and was due to be released later Friday and moved to a nearby crocodile farm, police said.
The croc made bail? I didn't think crocs had pockets.
By crosspatch, Friday, 2 November , 2007 @ 1:02 pm
Actually, there might be something to that.
Imagine if aggressive crocks were taking out of the mating pool for a period of time, say a year or two. This means that the more docile crocks would have more mating opportunities than would the aggressive ones. So over time, one might get a population of more docile crocks by simply keeping those who can’t behave locked up away from the females so they can not pass their behavior along to the next generation. Conjugal visits would mess the entire process up, though.
By mockinbird, Friday, 2 November , 2007 @ 2:21 pm
Crocs have pockets…
Dang, here in North Florida they have Mastercards and of course can make bail routinely.
By Chris, Friday, 2 November , 2007 @ 2:38 pm
They have sharks on retainer for just this purpose.