In defence of the crocodile, let me mention that crocodile porosis, native to Australia, is the only reptile to take care of its' young.
Latest Crocodile Attacks stories on ABC Darwin
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Tuesday 23 April 2013 -
![A saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory. [File image]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1907770-3x2-100x67.jpg "A saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory. [File image]")
A Top End teenager is lucky to be alive after a three-metre saltwater crocodile exploded out of the water at a popular fishing spot on the outskirts of Darwin and charged at him before changing direction to snatch a pitbull terrier standing next to him. ...Tuesday 23 April 2013 -
A French worker in the Top End had a brush with death yesterday, when he fought off a crocodile in shallow water after it bit his head....Monday 22 April 2013 -
A man was bitten on the head by a saltwater crocodile and had to punch it in the snout to escape....Monday 22 April 2013
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Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife rangers have removed a big saltwater crocodile from the Top End's Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve....Wednesday 10 April 2013 -
Tuesday 9 April 2013 -
A small crocodile has been rescued after wandering on to a busy highway about 10 kilometres from Darwin's central business district. Northern Territory Police say the metre-long crocodile was first sighted near a service station on the Stuart Highway at suburban Berrimah. ...Tuesday 9 April 2013 -
The local primary school at Daly River (Nauiyu) has probably had more crocodiles than students through it over the last couple of days....Tuesday 9 April 2013 -
Tuesday 2 April 2013 -
A problem crocodile that had been menacing children at a remote Territory community has been shot. Rangers say the big saltie was captured at the Palumpa community in the Daly River Reserve, about 240 kilometres south-west of Darwin....Tuesday 19 March 2013 -
A monster 4.5 metre saltwater crocodile that had attacked a horse has been caught near Borroloola in Arnhem Land....Friday 15 March 2013 -
Wildlife rangers have removed a 3.8 metre crocodile from a trap near the Inpex project site in Darwin Harbour....Tuesday 12 March 2013 -
The world's biggest crocodile in captivity has died, meaning the title has been reclaimed by a crocodile originally from the Northern Territory....Monday 11 February 2013 -
A crocodile that took a nine-year-old boy at a remote Northern Territory community near Nhulunbuy has been caught and killed....Tuesday 29 January 2013 -
Thursday 10 January 2013 -
Thursday 10 January 2013 -
A record number of saltwater crocodiles were removed from Top End waters during 2012. A total of 314 salties were captured and moved as part of a Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife management plan. Of those, 215 were taken from Darwin Harbour, including a 4.26m male in May. ...Monday 31 December 2012 -
A record number of saltwater crocodiles have been captured and removed from Northern Territory waters this year. ...Monday 31 December 2012 -
Friday 7 December 2012 -
Police expect a crocodile that killed a young Northern Territory boy will return because people from a nearby community used to feed it....Tuesday 4 December 2012
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A search is continuing for a nine-year-old boy in the Northern Territory who was taken by a crocodile as he swam at a beach near the eastern tip of Arnhem Land. It follows a similar crocodile attack on a young girl in Arnhem Land three weeks ago....Monday 3 December 2012
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The Northern Territory Government says the threat of crocodiles exists in any waterway in the Top End....Monday 19 November 2012
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Wildlife rangers are warning Northern Territory golfers they could lose more than their balls if they venture into the water at a Top End golf course....Friday 16 November 2012
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