Load of Croc: Picture Captures Giant Crocodile Leaping By Tourist Boat
- Posted on July 13, 2011 at 3:40pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Somewhere, the crocodile hunter is smiling.
A boat full of tourists got to snap the picture of lifetime while floating down Australia’s Adalaide river last week. That’s because a giant saltwater crocodile leaped out of the water right next to the boat:
The picture was taken by photographer Katrina Bridgeford. According to the Telegraph, the 5.5m croc has a name, Brutus:
Ms Bridgeford was on the cruise with sons Jordan, 14, and Dylan Woodward, 11 as well as four-year-old niece Skye Bridgeford and boyfriend Daniel Wilson. Dylan had only two words when the massive man-eater rose out of the water in front of the group: “Holy crap!” The huge saltwater crocodile, which is missing its right front leg, is a favourite with tourists on the Adelaide River Cruises, because he loves his meal of buffalo meat and always puts on a good show for it.
Saltwater crocodiles are the largest living reptiles in the world. Males can grow to between 6-7 meters and weigh 1,000-2,000 pounds.
UPDATE:
For those doubting the picture’s authenticity, Australian news outlet NT News sent the photo to a photoshop expert who said the data shows it’s real:
“I couldn’t believe some of the sceptics rantings on the web after checking out the comments. For what its worth, I ripped down the original and checked it out and guess what? Those [I know photoshop experts] as per usual [know] absolutely nothing at all apart from having an amazing ability to make dumb statements.
“The Meta data still exists on the image and its all there including time date compact camera details and exposure all are spot on, the croc is wet, he has water sheen on his right flank in the shadow detail. Everyone is looking straight at him including the two with cameras. And last but best of all, look very carefully at the guy in the red shirt with the mobile phone camera, then look again at his sunglasses…yep the croc is reflected in one of the lenses…and not a pixel out of place.”
Others agree, too.
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Comments (153)
South Philly Boy
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:37pmWow, look at the HEAD on that sucker.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:53pmAll I see is a politician coming up for more money.
Report Post »THE.GATEKEEPER
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:48pmFATJACK; and thats all they do and always hungry for more… it never ends
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:04pmThat looks like A LOT of shoes and handbags for me! Thank goodness I have little feet. :)
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:08pmTroy and Elidabit must be salavating. “shoooot, shooot.”
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:54pmHa, ha, ha. This is a hoax. Been there, done that. These crocs are big, but not that big. It’s a hoax by the same people who put out that photo of the monkey taking pictures of itself. Also a hoax. Why do people fall for this?
Report Post »ohyan2912
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:36pmDid anyone notice it‘s missing it’s right front leg?
Report Post »TumbleBumble
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:52pmRESTORED ONE ~
LOLOLOL!!! You nailed it. :) Those two are my favorite gator hunting team.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 10:39pmWell they better never run out of buffalo meat that‘s I’ve got to say.
Report Post »ILUVJESUS
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 11:36pmHe is missing his right arm!
Report Post »Deuteronomy22
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:13amPhotoshopped. Duh.
Report Post »Iman Barak Hussein
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:52amphoto shopped.
Report Post »mikelivi
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:42amMan Id love to see them catch that on “Swamp People”!
Report Post »Thomas
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:26amHow many pair of boots could you get out of that one? lol
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on July 15, 2011 at 7:39amJust hink of tall the boots you could make out of him…
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:34pmI love photoshop It just makes my ears bleed trying to figure it out. lol
Report Post »termase
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:00pmLots of free tutorials on the net. I use Photoshop all of the time and the free lessons and tips out there are great.
Report Post »SgtWark
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:22pmWell crap, if The Obama is able to use photoshop to hoax a birth certificate… heck… why not do a big old croc too.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:34pmI would have to say that it’s real. If it wasn’t real, Capt. Hook would be hanging out around there somewhere so he must have seen his nemesis and took off for the high hills. I figure the croc is asking the tourists where Hook ran off to.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:57pmI vote for NOT real. If you were sitting within touching distance, wouldn’t you find yourself crumpled to the floor trying to get away?!? It’s one existing front leg is just hanging by its body …. not even using it for balance. And the wake is barely big enough for a 200 pound man lunging from the water not a 2000 pound crocodile that leaps out of the water by half its body length for an itty bitty piece of meat that it misses and ends up dangling behind his head …. NOT!
Report Post »Commonsense Libertarian
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 10:26pm@ Skeptics:
Was just there in November 2010 for my honeymoon. Seen them in person, they are huge. Real without a doubt.
Report Post »chris3
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:03amshadows man,and no wave reflection off the boat,also look at the “bait” it’s just sad that the blaze is posting it ,what else eh? I don’t noramaly lookat stuff very close so I say what else blaze? we need the truth!! why should we trust you ? this is a fake
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:01pmI guarantee you if a monster that size came up out of the water the tourists would be reeling in horror trying to get away from it. THe photo is fake. Look at the people. They look like nothing is even there, let alone a prehistoric gigantic freak croc. Phoney!
Report Post »Reynaldo
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:32pmIt is not fake! The name of this particular croc is Photoshop!
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:35pmIf it was real that sumbitch would make alot of boots.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:55pmVisited this area in 1996… Saw many crocs doing this… it’s quite common there… as for the size.. they actually have some that are bigger than this.
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:04pmWow Blanco5. If you say you saw it, I can’t call you a liar. You have been there, I have not. That is amazing to say the least.
Report Post »mikiegro
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:30pmThey should use libs as bait.
Report Post »margaret1977
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:35pmCould not agree with you more !!!! YOU ARE SO RIGHT!
Report Post »BJC
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:53pmNo! No!
If we feed him Liberals then the Croc will stop working for his food!!! He’d surely go sit on the bank, have sex with as many female crocs as possible that spit out little crocs that will lay on the bank with him and wait for the food to be brought to them.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 5:18pm“Last One In is a ______________ “!!!
Report Post »Country
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:29pmWhy are them people just sitting there? What were they really looking at?
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:40pmA large, saltwater crocodile maybe?
Report Post »zoro51
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:29pmnessies cousin….
Report Post »Bill me later
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:29pmOnly one picture ? How many would you have taken???? And posted.
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:25pmI have a 5 ft gator in the back of the house. I got it to come out of the water and it was still wet. It dries quickly though. But you are right. Photoshop. Look at the peoples faces. They are looking elsewhere and one guy is taking a picture of something totally different. I am use to seeing gators…but if one that big jumped next to my pontoon…I would sh….t myself. Besides it would have eaten one of the people instead of that little piece of fish. Amazing what you can do in photo shop.
Report Post »IAmBrianBoru
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:25pmRight front leg seems to be missing!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:48pmYes they said on the news eaten off by shark .. I don’t know how they know .. I would think it could have been another croc also.
Report Post »101
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:59pmphoto chopped leg
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:06pmCatb
Report Post »He is also a talking croc. He told them that he lost his leg to a shark.
busterpuddles
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:24pmHAH! He’s performing for his food. lol.
Report Post »el_gancho
Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:33amNotice how the guy is just tempting him with that tiny morsel. He’s making him leap about just like a puppet….performing for his master. He’s obviously a liberal croc and/or a union croc.
Report Post »busterpuddles
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:23pmDitto on Dylan’s comment. I remember seeing a picture of a croc like this one captured in Louisiana after Rita. Just WOW!
Report Post »Gofish
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:22pmSomething doesn’t look quite right to me. Shouldn’t the croc have some water dripping off him?
Report Post »Ehh what do I know? I‘m just askin’
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:26pmGoFish, I would normally say this photo is suspicious, save my family has relations down in the area and some have told on different occasions of this crocodile; he does exist according to them. And he is indeed a monster with a fondness for water buffalo.
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Shellback
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:26pmThey probably fed him the giant jack a‘ lope cause you don’t see them around anymore.
Report Post »GdHUs
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:59pmSnowleopard, please stop using this forum as your private advertising billboard. I’m sure you are a good artist and will be very successful, but it diminishes all your credibility and sincerity. Are your posts sincere or just an opportunity to plug your business? Since we don‘t know there’s the tendency to just skip over what you have to say and ,in essence, you are just wasting space.
Report Post »adouglass1
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:19pmWhat this is fake for numerous reasons but the people in the boat for one are not even looking at the huge Crocodile.
Report Post »Milkman
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:19pmTaste like chicken, right?
Report Post »sparks
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:19pmThe croc should be casting much more of a shadow on the side of the boat if you consider the shadow he’s casting on the surface of the water.
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:15pmAwesome, and they have big ride discounts for libs. All aboard!
Report Post »HookedM
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:15pmFake, if the croc just came out of the water … sure is dry.. not a drop of water
Report Post »Wy-T-Wacker
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:14pmAnd if that croc could have read the sign that said dont feed the humans, he would probably still have his right leg!!
Report Post »TINFOIL HATS
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:13pm7mm to the back of the skull………problem solved!
Report Post »kkenj202
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:13pmphotoshop, dont you think? the croc “leaping out of the water” is perfectly dry, no water streaming down the body. look at the ripple of water in front of the croc, see the wake from the croc but there is none from the boat. little wake behind the croc and everyone is just sitting there.
Report Post »Boss J
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:15pmTotally agree, this isn’t even a good job of photoshop either.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:08pmYour profiling. That’s a no no!!!! You aren’t allowed to profile BO either.
Report Post »Cotswolds
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 8:14pmWrong. It‘s a good thing you’re not in forensics. This picture is indeed real. Of course a huge croc like that would leave a wake as it’s moving from horizontal to vertical in the water. The boat is sitting still.
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:11pmI would soil myself LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is one huge beautiful Croc!!!
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:17pmI bet that boat seemed alot smaler after that croc. went under.
Report Post »juggernaut
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:09pmBoots waiting to happen!
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:17pmI thought the same…lol
Report Post »caexpat
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:07pmDown under the crocks are…..On this river boat ride…..
Report Post »Divineliberty
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:08pmlooks photoshopped
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:07pmYou wouldn’t see my goofy azz anywhere close to the edge of that boat.
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Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:06pmIf that picture is real, and has not been “modified”, that is incredible.
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on July 13, 2011 at 4:09pmI agree! lol.
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