cods wrote on Apr 16
th, 2017 at 6:49pm:
issuevoter wrote on Apr 16
th, 2017 at 3:44pm:
I didn't come to FNQ looking for a safe place for the "kiddies to play." I came because its wild and tropical, and I love it when people say they hate it. Maybe they'll go away. Let our wild things be wild, we have f***ed up enough other places. Bob Katter is a suburbanite in a Stetson. He should go and live in Brisbane.
I havent heard of anyone being taken by a croc for a while sharks YES...
It's in the news and it is information that is very easy to find and it happens very often.
FATAL CROC ATTACKS IN AUSTRALIA SINCE THE SPECIES BECAME PROTECTED IN 1971:
* NT: 23 fatal; 50 non-fatal
* Qld: 9 fatal; 19 non-fatal
* WA: 2 fatal; 12 non-fatal
* Fatality rate (% of people killed during attacks) is 30.4% for Australia.
* On average, that's 0.8 fatalities per year Australia-wide caused by crocodiles.
10 MOST RECENT FATAL CROC ATTACKS IN AUSTRALIA:
* Jan 2017 - NT. Gunbalanya man, 47, killed by a 3.3m croc after wading into the notorious Cahills Crossing near Kakadu National Park
* Jun 2016 - Qld. Cindy Waldron, 46, killed by a croc during a late night dip at a beach north of Cairns
* Jan 2014 - NT. Boy, 12, snatched by a croc while swimming at a billabong in Kakadu on Australia Day
* Jun 2014. NT. Fisherman Bill Scott, 62, was emptying a bucket on his boat when a 4.7m crocodile leapt up and snatched him, killing him in front of his family
* Aug 2014 - NT. Man, 22, disappeared on the Tiwi Islands, police found biological remains in the stomach of a croc shot shortly afterwards
* Aug 2014 - Vietnamese fisherman, 57, killed by albino-headed crocodile known as Michael Jackson while fishing at Adelaide River
* Aug 2013 - NT. Sean Cole, 26, taken by a 4.7m crocodile while racing another man across Mary River as a dare.
* Dec 2012 - NT. Boy, 9, snatched while swimming at a waterhole at the Gumarrirnbang outstation.
* Nov 2012 - NT. Girl, 7, killed by a 3m croc while swimming at Manggabor Creek, Gumarrirnbang Outstation.
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/fatal-crocodile-attacks-in-austral...