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Dog-eating crocodile that terrorized Australian town is killed and eaten by residents: "Never a dull moment" (www.cbsnews.com)
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A saltwater crocodile terrorized a remote Australian community by snapping up dogs and lunging at kids -- only to meet its end in a feast cooked up by locals. The 12-foot reptile "had been stalking and lunging out of the water at children and adults," Northern Territory police said in a statement.

"The crocodile had also reportedly taken multiple community dogs."

After talking to elders and traditional landowners in the Bulla community, police shot and killed the scaly predator on Tuesday, police said.

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"I believe he was cooked up into crocodile tail soup, it was on the barbecue, a few pieces were wrapped up in banana leaves and cooked underground," McBride said.

"There was a rather large traditional feast."

Commander Kylie Anderson said "crocodiles can pose a significant risk to community safety" and praised officers and residents for working closely together to resolve the issue.

"There's never a dull moment in remote policing," Anderson said.

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[–] rayquetzalcoatl@feddit.uk 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Now there's a whole town full of dog-eating-alligator-eating Australians in the Northern Territory. Terrifying stuff.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Does this mean they, ultimately, ate the dogs?

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

You are what you eat eats.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

And yet still that sounds less dangerous than other stuff in NT.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

So some bits of dogs were reunited with/integrated into their owners.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago

Lassie came home. Cooked in a banana leaf.

[–] t_berium@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How Australian can a story be?

Aussies: Hold my Foster's, mate...

[–] gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Aussies: Hold my Foster's, mate...

Errrrr...who's gonna tell them?

[–] coaxil@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Let them enjoy this, no need to crush the dream or whatever hahaha

[–] Dogyote 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Love it, a tale as old as time. No really, our ancestors were probably doing this for millennia.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

Just swap crocodile for dragon and we have the beginnings of a great fantasy story.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Ah, the great Circle of Life.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 4 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A saltwater crocodile terrorized a remote Australian community by snapping up dogs and lunging at kids -- only to meet its end in a feast cooked up by locals.

The crocodile had migrated during floods earlier in the year into a river near homes in the area, about six hours' drive south of Darwin, police said.

The animal ended up as the main ingredient in various meals, Sergeant Andrew McBride told Australian public broadcaster ABC.

Commander Kylie Anderson said "crocodiles can pose a significant risk to community safety" and praised officers and residents for working closely together to resolve the issue.

Last year, the top politician in Australia's Northern Territory said it was "time to consider" a return to crocodile culling after an attack at a popular swimming spot.

In May 2023, a man snorkeling off the coast of North Queensland, Australia, was attacked by a crocodile – and survived by prying its jaws off his head.

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