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Thread #103749 Message #3197185
Posted By: Sandra in Sydney
28-Jul-11 - 07:27 AM
Thread Name: BS: News of Note (was 'I Read it . . .')
Subject: RE: BS: News of Note (was 'I Read it . . .')
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Jaywalking croc captured on busy Cairns street (northern Australia) Authorities have captured a crocodile on a busy street in Cairns in far north Queensland.
Road workers were cleaning a drain on Mulgrave Road when the two-metre reptile emerged.
It was an anxious wait for wildlife authorities to arrive, with a policeman using a broom to keep the croc away from onlookers.
ABC producer Phil Staley, who witnessed the wrangling attempt, says there were some tense moments when a ranger approached.
"It jumped up and its tail started thrashing. No-one knew what to do," he said.
Staley says the ranger threw a towel over the croc's head as several men restrained it.
"So you had a RoadTek bloke, a Queensland Parks and Wildlife ranger and a police officer sitting on the back of this crocodile on the main street of Cairns," he said.
"The police officer has got the croc by the tail, there's a bloke on the croc's back, and there's a bloke holding the croc's jaw closed with a towel."
The crocodile is now in the custody of Queensland Parks and Wildlife.