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Croc Invasion

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  • Two Estaurine Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) entering sea.
  • Location Manager Stuart Johnson, Producer Bianca Keeley, Assistant Camera Cameron McGrath, Cameraman David Parer.
  • Three Estaurine Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) on the beach.
  • Crab Island seems like paradise but it's also the perfect home for one of the world's largest predators - the saltwater crocodile.
  • Estaurine Crocodile on shoreline at night. Crocs dominate the salty tidal rivers on Crab Island thanks to a special gland on their tongue, which helps draw out excess salt from their bodies.
  • Estaurine Crocodile in hunting mode at night.
  • Estaurine Crocodile entering surf.
  • Producer Bianca Keeley with Sea Turtle Biologist Brett Leis on quad bike.
  • Mark Lamble filming Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus) at the edge of shore with the cameraman filming it using an underwater camera.
  • Mark Lamble filming crocodiles on the beach using a long lens.
  • Wild saltwater crocodile jumping out of the water. Salties are masters of stealth and ambush.
  • Two saltwater crocodiles fighting in the water. Male crocs are strung along the rivers, each jealously guarding his patch of food and females.
  • A saltwater crocodile. Salties from rivers all along the Cape are on the move, towards the coast.
  • Alligators in the swamp.
  • A Flatback Turtle on Crab Island. With no reefs Crab Island is ideal for turtles with a delicate layer on their shells. Its where most of these flatbacks were born, and now have no choice but to lay their eggs.
  • Flatback Turtle female digging nest hole to lay eggs, at sunset.
  • Flatback Turtle with it's head raised while swimming in sea.
  • Flatback Turtle with sand-encrusted eye.

  • Hitting the Beach

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / David Parer

    Two Estaurine Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) entering sea.

  • The Croc Crew

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Mark Lamble

    Location Manager Stuart Johnson, Producer Bianca Keeley, Assistant Camera Cameron McGrath, Cameraman David Parer.

  • Beach Bums

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Mark Lamble

    Three Estaurine Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) on the beach.

  • Reptile Paradise

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Mark Lamble

    Crab Island seems like paradise but it's also the perfect home for one of the world's largest predators - the saltwater crocodile.

  • Nighttime Predator

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Mark Lamble

    Estaurine Crocodile on shoreline at night.  Crocs dominate the salty tidal rivers on Crab Island thanks to a special gland on their tongue, which helps draw out excess salt from their bodies.

  • Born Hunter

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Mark Lamble

    Estaurine Crocodile in hunting mode at night.

  • Surfs Up

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / David Parer

    Estaurine Crocodile entering surf.  

  • Riding Along

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Mark Lamble

    Producer Bianca Keeley with Sea Turtle Biologist Brett Leis on quad bike.  

  • Getting the Shot

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Bianca Keeley

    Mark Lamble filming Flatback Turtle (Natator depressus) at the edge of shore with the cameraman filming it using an underwater camera.

  • Far Away Filming

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Bianca Keeley

    Mark Lamble filming crocodiles on the beach using a long lens.

  • Feeling Jumpy

    Photograph by Getty Images

    Wild saltwater crocodile jumping out of the water.  Salties are masters of stealth and ambush.

  • Fearless Fighters

    Photograph by Getty Images

    Two saltwater crocodiles fighting in the water.  Male crocs are strung along the rivers, each jealously guarding his patch of food and females.

  • Such a Big Mouth

    Photograph by Getty Images

    A saltwater crocodile.  Salties from rivers all along the Cape are on the move, towards the coast.

  • Field of Gators

    Photograph by Getty Images

    Alligators in the swamp.

  • Coming Ashore

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / David Parer

    A Flatback Turtle on Crab Island.  With no reefs Crab Island is ideal for turtles with a delicate layer on their shells.  It’s where most of these flatbacks were born, and now have no choice but to lay their eggs.

  • A Sandy Nest

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Mark Lamble

    Flatback Turtle female digging nest hole to lay eggs, at sunset.

  • Just Keep Swimming

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / Tim Kasiewiczv

    Flatback Turtle with it's head raised while swimming in sea.

  • Dry Eye

    Photograph by BK FILMS PTY LTD / David Parer

    Flatback Turtle with sand-encrusted eye.

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Virgil Cottongim
Virgil Cottongim

What gets me is the false information put out by thesevideos and this statement like the one here on the crocs fighting! Crocs andgators NEVER fight over anything, not food, nesting, mates, territory, NOTHING!Cold-blooded animals do not have that ability because of low energy supply,giving this warm-blood attribute further distorts the picture. And using farmedanimals as the two in this picture is also misleading, farmed animals aretotally different than in the wild. Since crocodiles never rise up out of thewater like this until trained to do so, I suggest who-ever took this shot wasfeeding the two and when they came up for the food, they miss-labeled it as'fighting,' thatis disingenuous at itsworst! National Geographic owes its viewers better reporting....