Yes, sadly he is in a concrete pond, but I did see big Saltwater Crocodiles in the wild too. It is winter now, and this crocodile was actually feeling cold with unusually cool weather in northern Australia last month. Being cold-blooded creatures they need warmth to get them moving, hence love to sunbake when they can.
Join in with frizz in the CCC challenge!
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oo what big teeth you have, great shot, MJ
it was a rare moment of sunshine as we walked though the ponds … 🙂
questa immagine è terribilmente bella! quei denti mostruosi così in evidenza mettono i brividi,,,non di freddo mia cara, che qui in Italia siamo in piena estate e fa molto caldo…ma di paura!
This picture is terribly beautiful! those monstrous teeth so out put chills, cold not, my dear, that here in Italy we are in midsummer and it’s very hot … but of fear!
wishing you some pleasant cool today … not just chills of fear!
Wow, what toothpaste does he use. Teeth so white!
he looks healthy doesn’t he?
Never smile at a…. His teeth are whiter than mine 😦 Must have a healthy tourist diet 😉
what a sweet thought martin!
Not sure I would like to run into one of these i the wild. 🙂
our captain knew where they all would be … he would say “Can’t swim there, you have to climb up to a higher pool …” so we did!
A big one…interesting how this species has survived ! i’m also amazed by its big white teeth.
Great shot for the CCC Challenge!
I feel for that croc… I also feel the cold and need the warmth or the sun to render me the least bit functional 🙂
As I can’t tell I’ll pretend he is small so that he isn’t scarey!
i have learnt that Saltwater Crocodiles are the largest living reptiles …. but i remember this one was not such a monster … unlike Sweetheart in Darwin Museum and Art Gallery, who is 5.1 metres long and thought to be 300 years old at his untimely death!!
This is a terrific shot. I have never seen a wild crocodile, but I’ve had several close encounters with alligators in the Everglades. The thing is, they have so many fish to choose from, they let humans walk past very closely, without getting riled up. 😎
and they are quite a bit smaller than these … although it is thought that the majority of fatal croc attacks are due to people coming between a croc and their nest/young … rather than them seeing humans as a preferred food … the little freshwater crocodiles eat only fish 🙂
Something really impressive about being near any of them — like being near dinosaurs. 😎
oh yes, our little granddaughter loves her soft toy croc, called Salty, who plays with the toy dinosaurs 🙂
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Incredible chop chop 😛 , Awesome Snap Christine.
a lucky moment when a sunbeam slanted through to light him up!
Such Jurassic-looking creatures
and there was always a frisson of fear when we saw one in the sea … or their drag marks on a beach 🙂
A distant relative of the dinosaurs that didn’t go extinct. Very nice! 🙂
Talk about being up close and personal with this guy! WOWzers! Margie
yes, me and my zoom lens margie 🙂
oh my he is a beauty…