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Saltwater Crocodile

Crocodylus porosus

Photo by Al_Wood
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Field Notes

Description:

A 5 meter saltwater crocodile in the Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia

Habitat:

Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Ponds, Marshes, Ocean, and most any body of water of considerable size, and with an available food source, in Northern Australia

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Comments (5)

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.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2013

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