Aussie Chainsaw Croc Runs Amok!

[Misunderestimator]

Aussie chainsaw croc runs amok



A crocodile in northern Australia has chased a storm-clearance worker up a tree and made off with his chainsaw.

The 4.4m (14.5ft) saltwater crocodile called Brutus apparently took exception to the noise of the saw.

The worker was clearing a tree that fell on the crocodile enclosure at the Corroboree Park Tavern, 80km (50 miles) east of the northern city of Darwin.

Brutus chewed on the chainsaw for 90 minutes, reducing it to pieces. Neither man nor beast was injured.

Northern Australia has an estimated 100,000 saltwater crocodiles.

Et chew Brutus

Worker Freddy Buckland was cutting a tree that had fallen as a result of a recent tropical cyclone.

Peter Shappert, the tavern's owner, said the crocodile jumped from the water and sped 20ft to the tree.

"It must have been the noise... I don't think he was actually trying to grab Freddy, but I'm not sure. He had a fair go at him... I think he just grabbed the first thing he could and it happened to be the chainsaw."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4953668.stm

[Neoma]

1. For some reason that title reminded me of this:

[jukes]

2. salties

*so* unpredictable...

[DS1]

3. It's make a perfect complement to the sharks with lasers, and hounds

with bees in their mouths

[SteppingRazor]

4. I love Aussie vernacular:

I couldn't help but chuckle at the line "He had a fair go at him..."

I picture Monty Python's Bruces whenever I read lines like that.