4 Stray Katz: 'Wicked' Jumping Crocs

After witnessing the some huge jumps from the first crocodile we saw, Jackson couldn't talk from excitement. When he finally regained his breath he called out in an excited voice 'that was wicked!' much to the amusement of our fellow passages. Emilia couldn't stop worrying and did not want to get anywhere near the edge of the boat whilst we had to keep asking Jackson to get his hands inside the boat. Emilia enjoyed seeing them but still didn't trust us when we said the crocs couldn't get in the boat. We saw about 8 different crocodiles and they all displayed impressive jumps for us but by far the most impressive, awe inspiring and scary crocodile was Brutus. Brutus is a 5 metre plus,old male croc who has fought for his territory so often that he now has no teeth left and is covered in battle scars. He was huge. As he swam towards the boat there was a collective gasp as we all took in his length and girth. Being so big he couldn't jump as high as the other crocs but when he did a jump right next to the boat and landed with so much force water splashed in the boat, we were certainly satisfied that we had been close enough to this dangerous creature. It was amazing seeing estuarine crocodiles up so close (from the safety of the boat) and we now have a real concept of their power as hunters (and we certainly don't want to see one in the wild- though Jackson may disagree as he was truly fascinated with them).