Are the Crocs back in Moreton bay?

[turdle]

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/park-alerts/22697

Keep an eye out if you're in the area around North Straddie. 

[turdle]

More details. 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/parks-and-wildlife-investigating-croc-sighting/101868516

 

 

[Bretto77]

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/park-alerts/22697

[Angry51]

That'll stop em from leaning over the side

to wash their hands.!!!!!

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

You’d be pretty unlucky to get eaten by a croc anywhere in SEQ

[Kat]

2 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

You’d be pretty unlucky to get eaten by a croc anywhere in SEQ

Famous last words?

[Bretto77]

12 minutes ago, Angry51 said:

That'll stop em from leaning over the side

to wash their hands.!!!!!

Yep... Bucket on a rope

[Angry51]

Yeah, bet a lot of hero's have said that.

[Kat]

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/crikey-rangers-scramble-to-confirm-croc-sighting-on-straddie-20230118-p5cdhg.html

[Junky]

Just had this alert come in. 

 

Croc sighting.

 

He's a fair way from home. 

[Angry51]

Hamish, You'll have to spend 3 months at Karumba and learn

a bit about crocs.

It's no joke I can assure you.

And a lot of dead people can verify.

Alot will follow an outboard because they know that they'll be able

to steal a fish off the line.And when you lean over the side BANG!!

[Junky]

It has been funny weather and the reason may be because of the recent Tongan volcano. 

 

 

 

Could be the reason this fella is wandering south. 

[Kat]

@Daryl McPheehas been quoted as saying it is a 1 in 100 year event.  It seems that he thinks, if it is an actual sighting, that it is an anomaly?

[Old Scaley]

One thing for sure is that if there is a croc in that area it won’t stay hidden for long. Not exactly a quiet remote location. 

[Angry51]

I reckon he could have been there a while.

They're pretty cunning and do most of their hunting at night.

You only have to run up the creek at night with a spotlight and

you won't see them in daylight. That's when they used to shoot them

not in daylight hours.

[Junky]

22 minutes ago, Angry51 said:

Hamish, You'll have to spend 3 months at Karumba and learn

a bit about crocs.

It's no joke I can assure you.

And a lot of dead people can verify.

Alot will follow an outboard because they know that they'll be able

to steal a fish off the line.And when you lean over the side BANG!!

Yep. 

They're fair dinkum critters those crocs. 

I find I get super spidey sensors when I head north. 

Not so much in the boat but wandering the creeks and shorelines etc, even on beaches if the water is murky. 

Those bloody things can be anywhere anytime, like RBT's. 

[Bretto77]

1 hour ago, Angry51 said:

It's no joke I can assure you.

And a lot of dead people can verify.

I should clarify that I don't find dead people funny... Just the notion of someone dead saying "yeah mate it's true"... 

[Old Scaley]

23 minutes ago, Angry51 said:

I reckon he could have been there a while.

They're pretty cunning and do most of their hunting at night.

You only have to run up the creek at night with a spotlight and

you won't see them in daylight. That's when they used to shoot them

not in daylight hours.

Possibly @Angry51 There is a lot of boat traffic and land traffic in that area. Assuming it comes onto land there should be some evidence like a slide or two. On the other hand, Deanbilla Bay is only a few Kilometres south of Myora. I remember a year or so ago taking part in a clean up day there and wandering through fairly thick mangrove areas where very few people would go and thinking I could be in FNQ, so who knows? 

[ellicat]

[Kat]

Why do I think you are not taking this seriously Brian?

[ellicat]

Just now, Kat said:

Why do I think you are not taking this seriously Brian?

I am, but there's always a fun side.

[Kat]

I was just kidding.  But I am waiting with baited breath to see if they officially find a croc soon.

[Angry51]

43 minutes ago, Old Scaley said:

Possibly @Angry51 There is a lot of boat traffic and land traffic in that area. Assuming it comes onto land there should be some evidence like a slide or two. On the other hand, Deanbilla Bay is only a few Kilometres south of Myora. I remember a year or so ago taking part in a clean up day there and wandering through fairly thick mangrove areas where very few people would go and thinking I could be in FNQ, so who knows? 

Most slides occur where the tides are in the 4mt rise/fall and above.

You wont get a slide where it's only a mtr to the water.

Think of those tidal rivers/creeks around the top end where its a 5/6mtr fall.

Like in WA they have 12 mtr tides.

But we'll see what the experts say when/if they catch him/her.

[Bretto77]

It will be interesting to see if the alleged specimen can be found. I would be very interested to know if it's male or a female. I would suspect male.

I would also suspect that they would not be particularly deterred by large populations of people enjoying the water...  It's the simple design that has enabled crocodiles to remain relatively unchanged by evolutionary standards for such a long time.

They are dinosaurs and they are far better at not defecating in their own nest than humans.

Very interested to see how this pans out.

[mangajack]

Facts are the average for fatal crock attacks in Australia is 1.9 deaths per year Australia wide.

Pretty good effort for a croc to swim 200+km undetected these days....esp in SEQ.

Fear mongering does nothing to solve any problem, it creates more problems.

[Neil Stratford]

Let’s hope they can capture it and move it ,if it moves down in the Pin area. I’ll be a whole lot harder to find it down there .There are a few sightings of them in the Mary River and even inside Fraser Island at times . Not really surprised that one has eventually ventured into Moreton Bay. 

[Kat]

23 minutes ago, Neil Stratford said:

Let’s hope they can capture it and move it ,if it moves down in the Pin area. I’ll be a whole lot harder to find it down there .There are a few sightings of them in the Mary River and even inside Fraser Island at times . Not really surprised that one has eventually ventured into Moreton Bay. 

You will be harder to find?  Or it will be harder to find? Lol

[benno573]

3 hours ago, Kat said:

I was just kidding.  But I am waiting with baited breath to see if they officially find a croc soon.

I think they use wild pigs in croc traps so we shall call you bacon breath…

[Bretto77]

16 minutes ago, benno573 said:

I think they use wild pigs in croc traps so we shall call you bacon breath…

She is a law enthusiast after all

[Junky]

9 hours ago, Bretto77 said:

It will be interesting to see if the alleged specimen can be found. I would be very interested to know if it's male or a female. I would suspect male.

I would also suspect that they would not be particularly deterred by large populations of people enjoying the water...  It's the simple design that has enabled crocodiles to remain relatively unchanged by evolutionary standards for such a long time.

They are dinosaurs and they are far better at not defecating in their own nest than humans.

Very interested to see how this pans out.

I'm going with female. 

My wife can drive down the road and forget where she is. Then she doesn't know where she's going and will end up miles from where she's supposed to be. 

Reckon this crocs done the same.. 

Women are great listeners though.

[ellicat]

[rayke1938]

you will be ok if you do not bait your breath

[Angry51]

10 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Feeling brave Brian.?

[Andrew_P]

2 hours ago, Junky said:

I'm going with female. 

My wife can drive down the road and forget where she is. Then she doesn't know where she's going and will end up miles from where she's supposed to be. 

Reckon this crocs done the same.. 

Women are great listeners though.

I call mine Miss Direction. Love you hunny!

[Daryl McPhee]

I think the sighting is credible. I have also been passed on anecdotal information of a possible sighting near the Coomera River a few weeks ago. While animals have their "normal range", you often find that you can get individuals that are "extra-limital" which means outside their normal range. A good example of this is some red throat emperors that turned up in southern NSW in the late 1990s and another is a pink snapper that was caught off Port Douglas a couple of years ago. 

I suspect this crocodile is just that, if indeed it is verified. They can move large distances in offshore waters to travel between estuary mouths. Myora is probably pretty good local habitat for them. Extensive open mangroves, plenty of fishand some nice freshwater input. 

 

[Junky]

There is definitely a croc in maaroom creek just south of Hervey Bay. 

Parks and wildlife are onto that one. Not sure whether they're going to relocate it or not though. 

[FishingCrazy]

14 hours ago, mangajack said:

Facts are the average for fatal crock attacks in Australia is 1.9 deaths per year Australia wide.

1.9 deaths?????........ that poor person who is only 0.9 dead.

[Angry51]

Funny how in SEQ a sighting can be credible with no photo but

up here you need left and right profiles and a vertical beside a tape measure.

I've met hundreds of crocs and have reported a couple of sightings and the experts tell you to basically go away,

don't scare the tourists.

They tell us there are 50 odd crocs between the cape and prossie,

They only see what they want to see,.

End of rant.

[mangajack]

I suspect the croc has already vanished and the media won't follow up.

Someone got their 15 mins though.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/more-video-emerges-of-straddie-crocodile/video/438822fbfd73be6d0bfd4624d8bc29a4?nk=bf8fe243b74c0320da0aea452564b07f-1674188093 - looks like someone got it on video.