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2007-08-14 Down Under

Croc target spent week up tree (Quite a story to tell in the pub)

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Posted by phil_b 2007-08-14 03:36|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 If there was even a hint of flooding in croc country, I would get the hell out of there. Dunno if this is a survival story, or a dummy narrative.

Posted by McZoid 2007-08-14 04:59|| 2007-08-14 04:59|| Front Page Top

#2 In case you're wondering "But what happened to the horse?"

From the London Times article on the same subject:

Mr George, a father of one, said that he spent a lot his time yelling in an attempt to keep the crocodiles away from his horse, which remained nearby until the day before he was found. His horse eventually wandered back alone, unharmed, to Silver Plains station.

Posted by mrp 2007-08-14 10:12|| 2007-08-14 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 In case you're wondering "But what happened to the horse?"

Which I was. Hmmm. I think I would've found a way to get to the horse in daylight and ride off. Didn't know jackeroos carried toilet paper with them, either.

I went on a tour in Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory, and our guide was fond of telling us croc-related horror stories. One of those involved someone trapped in a tree for several days. In another one, a man freed himself from a crocodile by shoving his arm down its throat, which opened the valve that keeps water out. This caused the croc to take on water and drown, and the man was able to escape.

It's a man's life in Straya.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2007-08-14 11:36|| 2007-08-14 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 That's what you get for trusting a horse, pal.

Stupid, slab-sided flea hotels.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-08-14 13:54|| 2007-08-14 13:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Croc target spent week up tree (Quite a story to tell in the pub)

I am an animal enthusiast, plus a lover of my pets.

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Yesteryear I loved to hunt with a purple passion, today that purple passion has transmogrified into a drive to conserve animal & human habitat, for the purposes of us all having each other to frolic with in perpetuity forever.

[/warning weird paragraph]

Within the entire human & animal kingdom there is a hierarchy of my favorites.

>>>BTW: Crocodiles, Mosquitoes, & Bott Flies ain't my favs.

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-08-14 14:09|| 2007-08-14 14:09|| Front Page Top

#6 as mojo alluded to, plz add horses to that ain't list!

/so solly Mr. Deacon man

Posted by Red Dawg">Red Dawg 2007-08-14 14:11|| 2007-08-14 14:11|| Front Page Top

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