Australian crocodile

The Australian crocodile is the largest crocodile in the world. It can grow up to seven metres long and the biggest can weight up to 1000 kilos. It has only two muscles to open its mouth. What makes crocodiles so dangerous is that they attack incredibly quickly and they take their victims under the water to drown them. They usually attack in the water but they can suddenly come out of a river and attack animals or people, and they can run on land at 17 km/h.Every year in Australia there are crocodile attacks on humans. Two years ago a 24 year-old German tourist died when she went for a swim in a lake. Although there were signs warning people that there might be crocodiles, the girl and her friends decided to have a midnight swim. The girl suddenly disappeared and next morning her body was found. Near it was a four-metre crocodile. And only last month two Australian boys watched in horror as their friend was killed by a crocodile when they were washing their mountain bikes in a river. They climbed a tree and stayed there for 22 hours while the crocodile waited below. Last year Norman Pascoe a 19 years-old, was saved from a crocodile when his aunt hit it on the nose. Norman´s aunt said:

“I hit it and I shouted HELP the crocodile sudenly opened its mouth and my nephew escaped.”