Monster meal as 5.5m croc tucks into 4m mate

IT’S not every day you spot a 5.5m croc chomping down on a 4m mate for lunch — but it’s a sight a boatload of tourists can tick off their bucket list

It’s not every day you spot a 5.5m saltie chomping down on a 4m croc Picture: Adelaide River Tours

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IT’S not every day you spot a 5.5m saltie chomping down on a 4m croc – but it’s a sight Adelaide River Tours co-owner Kelly Julicher can now tick off the bucket list.

Ms Julicher was out on tour recently when she saw the saltie eating another crocodile.

She pulled up near the bizarre spectacle and said the lazy croc was undeterred by the boat full of nosy tourists snapping photos.

“We stayed for about 35 minutes, he had no interest in moving,” Ms Julicher said.

“I’ve never seen a crocodile eating another crocodile that big – I’ve seem them eat smaller crocs, but this was something new.”

Ms Julicher said the bigger croc had a few war wounds on his face, and it was entirely possible the older croc killed the smaller one.

“I don’t know what happened,” she said. “But the big croc – I haven’t seen him before.

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He’s definitely new to that area of the river. He may have been a new boy in town, asserting his dominance.”

Ms Julicher said the dead crocodile was upside down and the older croc had him by the tail, but hadn’t started eating him yet.

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She said it’s likely the dead croc would need to disintegrate a bit before the older saltie was able to really tuck into the meal.

“That big croc, the one enjoying lunch, he’d be up to 50 years old. The other one would be 30 years old,” Ms Julicher said.

Ms Julicher, who owns and runs Adelaide River Tours, says they take tourists on a 25km stretch – which is home to about 100 salties.

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“This time of year is the best time of year to see them because the water is cold so they’re out sunbaking,” she said.

Mary River has more crocodiles than Adelaide River, but there’s certainly no shortage of crocodiles.

“They’re just amazing creatures — prehistoric.”