Northern Territory wildlife rangers have caught more than 300 crocodiles in the past year and they say a lot of them were found much closer to home than most people would expect.
As a heavy wet season turned flooded rivers into crocodile super-highways, rangers caught multiple monsters a day in all sorts of places.
The Northern Territory's crocodile management plan is designed to reduce human fatalities by removing crocodiles from popular areas. "It would have taken a lot of muscle to remove that. It wasn't something they did on a whim," Mr Hunt said.25 permanent traps are in place across Darwin and its surrounds, with a handful of mobile traps used when crocs are spotted.However, sometimes, Top End beaches and waterways prove too tempting in the heat.
"But we're still finding people are going down there, taking their pets for a swim and even swimming themselves.This 3.73 metre saltwater crocodile was captured this week at popular fishing spot Buffalo Creek.
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