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Crocodylus porosus
A 5 meter saltwater crocodile in the Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Marshes, Ocean, and most any body of water of considerable size, and with an available food source, in Northern Australia
Spotted on Dec 22, 2012
Submitted on Oct 27, 2013
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This crocodile, and others we saw on the cruise, jumped out of the water to obtain a piece of meat being held from a rod by a crew member of the boat. So this behavior was provoked. But it is a natural behavior; crocodiles use this jumping method (by synchronizing their tail and limb movements in a wriggling motion) to grab at birds and bats and any other potential prey in low hanging tree branches.
crocs I feels look like flattened hippos.
So the crocodile is lurching out of the water in order to grab a piece of meat from a crew member of the boat? I'm asking because other users may wonder if this is typical wild crocodile behavior. :-)
These croc pics I got on a boat cruise on the Adelaide River, an hour outside Darwin, in the Northern Territory.
Where do you get all those pics