YES, it's real.
NT News photographer Katrina Bridgeford took this amazing front page photograph of Brutus, a 5.5m saltwater croc, giving a boatload of tourists a moment they'll never forget on the Adelaide River, just over 100km south of Darwin, last week.
Ms Bridgeford was on the cruise with sons Jordan, 14, and Dylan Woodward, 11, of Sydney, NSW, four-year-old niece Skye Bridgeford and boyfriend Daniel Wilson.
Son Dylan had only two words when the massive man eater rose out of the water in front of the group: "Holy crap!"
We've seen the picture in the camera. It's real. Have you seen similar monster crocs in the Top End?
The huge saltwater crocodile, which is missing its right front leg, is a favourite with tourists on the Adelaide River Cruises, because he loves his meal of buffalo meat and always puts on a good show for it.
channy
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holy sh!t... that is huuuge!
holy sh!t... that is huuuge! wouldnt wanna make him angry
Feral
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while prawn trawling the
while prawn trawling the gulf we used to see a few crocs in the 5 meter sizes on the isolated islands .. not great when your hooning in the tinnie and you scare one and they crash inot the water meters from the boat and swim under you :P
but then again .. i used to go spear fishing too .. no brains :)
Daisy
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Only a matter of time before
Only a matter of time before someone gets eaten out of the boat trolling the Adelaide.
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dodgy
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I don't know Daisy. You
I don't know Daisy. You hardly see a croc in there when fishing yourself. The crocs only appeared when the big thump of the diesel tourist boats came down the river.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Daisy
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My 50 etec on the troll would
My 50 etec on the troll would prolly bring 'em in bro :-)
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flangies
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That picture is actually
That picture is actually fake, it has been enlarged slightly and you could see the mans full hand. Still a big croc!
Tony Halliday
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thats small mate, go 150km
thats small mate, go 150km further west to the Kakadu park and go on the South Aligator river and you will see big 6m monsters baking in the sun. Makes you mighty nervous in a 5m tinny when chassing barra!!!
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dodgy
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Not many genuine ones that
Not many genuine ones that big. Best I saw might of just gone 5m. Even the big Shady Camp and Coroboree crocs barely make the 5m mark. Pretty easy to get excited and over estimate these things.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Brucesta
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massively faked photo that
massively faked photo that one, where is the shadow off the croc onto the tourists, it's a very graceful exit from the water and the top half of the croc looks very dry to me, no water glowing off the body, such a sceptic i know
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Joodles
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The croc does look dry,
The croc does look dry, agreed but they do come out of the water quite gracefully and the people on the boat are all looking at the right height. That bad boys missing a front paw too!
scottland
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THANK YOU
i was looking at the croc for like 20 mins and couldnt work out what was wrong ahahaha
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madfisher
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There's a video of this big
There's a video of this big bugger on this link and at the end of the vid they show another that they said is half a metre longer
http://video.heraldsun.com.au/2053746309/Brutus-the-big-croc-not-a-crock?area=videoindex1