Animal stories: reckon we need to shift that croc, Mick
November 19th 2010 02:19
Territorians, we call them in Australia. You may not have heard the term, but you know the type. Think tough. Think action. Think Crocodile Dundee.
Mick Dundee was no figment of Hollywood imagination. His no-fuss way of getting things done is part of the culture of the Northern Territory. All across the Top End, really.
Take the case of the two 20-something blokes who went for a dip at a popular swimming hole this week. Found a 3.2-metre saltwater crocodile there, didn’t they. That’s not good, they said, because lots of families with kids come to this spot.
So they did a Dundee. They fixed the problem. They picked up the crocodile and put it in the back of their Toyota van.
Then they drove home to Oenpelli, 300km east of Darwin, and dumped the croc on the front lawn. That’s where the local policeman found it.
“We were doing a patrol and as we went by, they let us know it was there," Constable David Melhuish said. "We were pretty surprised when we saw how big it was.”
Constable Melhuish said he would not normally recommend people try to catch a croc by themselves.
“Normally” being you and me and city slickers. But not Territorians. No need to tell them what they can and can’t do.
news.com.au
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