Park rangers caught a 3.5m saltwater crocodile at a popular Top End swimming hole
Top End wildlife rangers have pulled a massive croc from a popular dry season swimming hole. Find out where the saltie was located.
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Top End Rangers have caught and removed a large saltwater crocodile from a popular Litchfield watering hole.
A member of the public alerted rangers to the 3.4m croc after spotting the large saltie in the water at Wangi Falls.
In response, rangers laid down the trap.
Top End Parks district manager Andrew Turner said traps and croc barriers were removed during the wet season when Wangi Falls was closed to swimming.
During the Wet Season, while waterholes are closed to swimming, traps and croc barriers are removed, Mr Turner said.
“(That’s) to avoid damage from fast flowing water and debris making it easy for crocodiles to move into areas undetected,” he said.
“You must always Be Crocwise and never enter a waterhole that is closed to swimming.”
The Crocodile Management Team have removed 25 crocodiles from the management zone since January 1.
The biggest crocs involved a 3.1m croc caught at a culvert on Gunn Point Rd and a 3.6m crocodile found in the Lower Cascades in Litchfield.
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