’Living his best life’: Crabman spots croc in unusual spot
A decent-sized croc catching some winter rays on the deck of a yacht has given new meaning to the term live-aboard. See the video.
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A decent-sized croc catching some winter rays on the deck of a yacht has given new meaning to the term live-aboard.
In a hilarious video posted to the Crabman live muddies Tiktok account recently, the crocodile can be seen relaxing at the tiller of the small yacht understood to be moored at Trinity Inlet.
Cairns-based mud crabber Casey Eames spots the croc from his tinnie and starts filming while slowly approaching the vessel.
“Little crocodile living his best life on the back of a yacht,” he can be heard saying in the video.
“Hey buddy, what are you doing on the yacht?”
As the boat gets closer the 2.5m croc makes a run for the safety of the water and launches itself off the stern back into the river.
In the comments some said the animal acted as a great security system, until he took off, and others held concern for anyone on board waking up to an apex predator in the cockpit of the boat.
“Imagine walking out in the morning half asleep to that on ya back deck,” one Tiktoker said.
“The croc may be living his best life but the owner of the yacht is locked inside scared,” another said.
However it appeared that no one was on-board when the video was taken.
Owner of the yacht Holli Scius played along with the fun on Tiktok to say “that is our yacht … he’s just keeping watch for us.”
Crocodiles are often spotted swimming and lying up in the mangroves of Trinity Inlet and for the most part keep to themselves and don’t cause any problems.
If you see a crocodile in the wild, the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation encourages the reporting of sightings as soon as possible to Queensland Parks & Wildlife, particularly if they are in an unexpected area.
You can do this by downloading the QWildlife app, accessing the sighting report online, or calling 1300 130 372.
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