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| Crabby crocodile chews up chainsaw |
| 2006-04-28 |
| A cantankerous crocodile chased a man removing a storm-felled tree from its pen before stealing his chainsaw, shattering a few teeth in the process. The aptly named Brutus, a 4.5m (15-ft) saltwater crocodile kept as an attraction at the Corroboree Park Tavern in Australia's Northern Territory, took offence at the noise of the chainsaw as the man cut the fallen tree, tavern co-owner Linda Francis told Reuters. "Freddy had climbed out on to the tree and was removing a limb when the crocodile just erupted from his pool about 20m (60 ft) away and used the tree to launch himself up at Fred and the chainsaw," Francis said on Friday. "Fred virtually gave him the chainsaw, shoved it at him. It was still going and he took the chainsaw onto the ground and proceeded to smash it and it stalled. The crocodile didn't cut himself, just broke a few teeth." Brutus then took the chainsaw into his pond and played with it for about an hour, destroying it, before losing interest. |
| Posted by:Oztralian |
| #13 Danja, danja, danja!! |
| Posted by: Steve Erwin 2006-04-28 20:05 |
| #12 Get off the floor and open the curtains, defend yourselves against democratic neighbor knockers. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-04-28 17:17 |
| #11 Walk Freddy 'round to the neighbor's house who's revving up their mower at 8:00 a.m. on a Sunday. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-04-28 16:33 |
| #10 croc+ chainsaw = new pair of shoes Apparently not. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-04-28 14:17 |
| #9 croc+ chainsaw = new pair of shoes |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-04-28 13:56 |
| #8 I wonder if you could keep one as a pet to go after leaf blowers. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-04-28 12:50 |
| #7 Dang, hope theses teeth will grow back, like for sharks... That was the croc equivalent of "You, there, down with the noise, can't you see I'm trying to get a sunbath?! Don't make me climb that tree to give you a lesson! Are you deaf? Awright, that does it, here I come." Cranky reptile. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-04-28 12:46 |
| #6 "Blimey! Look at the size o' THAT one!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-04-28 12:35 |
| #5 Crikey! |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-04-28 10:33 |
| #4 This happened just down the road from me (well, about 300km but that's close in Territory terms) |
| Posted by: anon1 2006-04-28 09:59 |
| #3 YEEAAHH! Up the maintenance man! Speak truth to power tools !!! |
| Posted by: Adriane 2006-04-28 08:24 |
| #2 Gawd amighty. Let's forget about training dolphins, let's escalate. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-04-28 08:24 |
| #1 neat - guess he likes power tools. |
| Posted by: ShepUK 2006-04-28 07:54 |