Cosmick Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I wonder if this is covered in the Ops Manual 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA. Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 It never occurred to me to use a helicopter as a Crocodile Lure. Could you use a Drone to catch Lizards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I wonder if this is covered in the Ops Manual[ATTACH=full]41482[/ATTACH] I bet Matty Wright has tried this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ave8rr Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I wonder how long that Crock would hang on once the "Collective" was raised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaba-who Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I must say it looks like a hoax. But a quick search of internet photo hoaxes doesn't bring it up. Which doesn't mean it isn't. Croc looks like it's hanging some weight on the skids but helicopter is perfectly level. Even a squirrel would tip with the weight of a decent croc on the skid. Happy to be convinced otherwise but looks way too much like a large number of other pics of animals attacking various things that turn out to be hoaxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 But the croc is on the ground still, the squirrel is only just about to weigh the croc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabiru Phil Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I was onboard a jet ranger in the Kimberly. A croc attacked the skids. Happened on Mongomery reef. One mad croc. PHIL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirsty Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 The RAAF SAR squirrels in Darwin in the 80's used to carry a shotgun under the back seats for just this sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 It's just the big boy guarding his territory from invasion. They are very territorial. ( and I don't mean Northern territory). Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmick Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 A couple more, one Thinking of Asian Food for mains and the other compared to a Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 A floating bain maree. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rankamateur Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 The one in front of the cruiser looks like he has been lying in the sun for two or three days since he took his last breath. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDQDI Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 The one in front of the cruiser looks like he has been lying in the sun for two or three days since he took his last breath. Yes he looks as though he is at the stage where poking him with a stick could get you covered in unpleasantness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I'm not so sure about the genuine-ness of the OP's pic. Crocs don't like being too far away from water, and they feel very vulnerable when well away from it. I would hazard an educated guess, that even an aggressive croc would prefer to make a dash for the nearby water, rather than attack the chopper. One also has to question - what is the photographer in? - another chopper? The photo seems to indicate it was taken at, or near to, ground level. Re the size of the croc alongside the HJ47 'Cruiser - I took a "croc tour" of the Corroboree Billabong last August - and we sighted two crocs that were 6.5 and 6.7 metres. Both were on open ground, about 10M from the water, chewing on a dead buff. The girth of their guts was astonishing. I would never have believed crocs got to that size, without actually sighting these pair with my own eyes! I've got some pics somewhere, I think they're on the Missus's camera, I'll see if I can find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The croc in the first picture looks like it's been photoshop'd to me, and probably taken on the Yellow River. We saw some huge buggers there, but not quite like that. My son is a keen Jew fisho, and although he's caught some beauties, they are not 2mtrs long like they look in some of the photo's i've taken, but it makes for a great story. (not that fisho's exaggerate a little) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabiru Phil Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Can't remember where I saw a croc size. Sculpture, looked the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 When I saw the tag "Croc incident" I thought that it would be someone flying with stupid footwear and having it caught in a rudder pedal or something..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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