Giant crocodile climbs fence in horrifying clip

A visitor has captured the jaw-dropping moment a giant crocodile begins to climb over a fence at an Aussie wildlife park.

A giant crocodile has made a terrifying impression on visitors after it appeared to begin climbing over a fence with ease.

Heart-stopping footage filmed at Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park near Broome, Western Australia, went viral on TikTok after the huge reptile scared onlookers with it’s climbing prowess.

Visitor Sophia Armstrong filmed the unbelievable sight while on a tour, with the animal startling the crowd by popping its head over the fence and beginning to clamber up with its claws.

“He obviously wants his feed now,” the keeper says in the video.”

The crocodile appeared to be climbing the fence with ease. Picture: Storyful

If he climbs over into the feed bay and the doors open you guys have to run.”

The clip racked up nearly 200,000 plays on TikTok, with audiences from around the world stunned at the creature’s climbing abilities.

“I don’t want to alarm anyone, but they climb fences,” Ms Armstrong joked.

Others shared their experiences at the park, while others commented that the reptile seemed “cute”.

“We have taken the kids here quite a few times over the years,” one parent shared.

“While watching a feeding once, my youngest some how was able to move his pram closer to the fence (he did a jumpy act to move pram).

“He decided that he wanted to pat the biggest croc in the park! His hand was through the wire fence saying ‘here boy, here boy’ the croc was about a 2m from the wire fence. He was so excited.”

“Hahaha his little legs! He’s so cute,” commented another.

“He needs a pet, he just wants a cuddle.”

“This looks like me trying to get out of the pool,” one user joked.

“I saw one going up the side of a building once,” another shared.

“Pre phone days so will you just have to believe me.”

Onlookers were stunned by what they were seeing. Picture: Storyful

According to Australian Geographic, research has shown that some species of crocodiles are known for climbing trees.

The scientists confirmed that four different crocodile species – found in Australia, Africa and the Americas – are all able to climb, some as high as 4m, where they were observed basking in trees.

Earlier this year, a team at the Australian Reptile Park in NSW had a terrifyingly close call this week with a croc dubbed ‘Australia’s Crankiest Crocodile’ – leaving one zookeeper with a head injury.

“The whole thing was over in less than 15 seconds, but it felt like an eternity,” operations manager Billy Collett said.

“I’m so thankful to the team for reacting as quickly as they did and that we all came out in once piece.”

Mr Collett and a team of keepers lured Elvis the saltwater crocodile out of the water and managed to secure ropes around his jaws.

The huge reptile was given a muscle relaxant instead of being sedated because it is safer for the croc, however, it is more dangerous for the keepers.

The keeper joked that everyone should 'run' if it went over the fence. Picture: Storyful

A wooden chock was then secured in his mouth to keep the jaw ajar for a teeth X-ray. He was believed to have a dental infection.

But as seven keepers held Elvis down, he started to thrash his head around causing the 5kg piece of wood to fling out of his jaw and hit Mr Collett in the head, who was sitting on top of Elvis’ head.

“I went starry-eyed. Honestly I can’t even describe how hard I was holding on to this crocodile because if I had let go, got flicked off the side, I would have put the whole team at risk,” he said.

“At one stage I had my head at the side of his head literally looking straight into an open mouth and I knew at that stage I had to get myself my team out of there. We were in serious danger.”

At first, Mr Collett didn’t realise what had hit him in the head.

He was left with a “pretty decent bump” but counts it as a win considering what the outcome could have been.

He said despite having captured hundreds of large crocodiles over the years, he had never felt anything like the power Elvis had when he started thrashing.

Originally published as Giant crocodile climbs fence in horrifying clip