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Cranky crocodile spying on Australian swimmers relocated

Xinhua, July 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

A giant saltwater crocodile which spied on people swimming in an outback Australian waterhole from a tree branch for weeks to get used to their behavior has been captured and removed from the area by indigenous national park rangers, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Online reported on Thursday.

Dubbed the "cranky croc", the 3.2m long beast eventually lunged at a dog and was believed to be planning to attack local people who swim and fish in the waterhole in the Fitzroy River in Western Australia's outback Kimberly region.

It took the rangers a week to coax the male crocodile into a meat-filled trap.

Head of the Nyikina Mangala rangers, Kimberley Watson, told local media they had been planning the reptile's capture for weeks before the caught him on Wednesday.

"We had to monitor the site, track it down, find out what its movements were and find a good spot (to lay the trap)," he said.

Watson said the animal was called "cranky" because of its aggressive behavior towards humans.

The crocodile was relocated to the Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park where it will become "good breeding stock." Endi