Group of men capture a giant crocodile in Ingham, North Queensland. IT photo
At least one person is missing on Monday and hundreds of homes have been swept away in North Queensland in one of the worst floods in Australian history.
After the downpour, rangers warned that “lightning-fast” crocodiles would be lurking in every waterway in the state’s north until floodwaters receded.
A 2.7m long, 136kg crocodile was found in a flooded drain in the middle of the town of Ingham, north of Townsville. It took 4 men to keep this saltwater crocodile.
“The crocodile surfaced and I put a noose around its jaw and tightened it and it was basically a fish on the cutting board,” park ranger Tony Frisby shared.
After tying the animal with rope, he and two other men jumped on top of its enormous tail and pinned its struggling body to the ground while a policeman crouched next to the crocodile’s mouth and tie it up.
The animal was put into a crocodile cage and then dragged by a rope by a team of five people, past a crowd of people who had been warned not to approach the water.
Crocodiles will traditionally flee fast-flowing floodwaters to take refuge somewhere calmer, such as in reeds near the shore.
Ingham, north of Townsville, is one of the most dangerous “crocodile countries” in Australia.
According to The Telegraph, the focus of rescue forces is now on rescuing stranded civilians using “small boats”. Meanwhile, local people shared: “We are facing difficulties in this crocodile country.”