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# Calling Crocodile Dundee!
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/922/
- Published: 2005-05-09T17:10:53.000Z
- Updated: 2005-05-09T17:10:53.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

We remember reading that crocodiles and polar bears are the only animals that hunt humans. This problem in Australia will make the cougar problem out west look like tame. Another victory for environmentalists.

> A record number of crocodiles in Australia's famous Kakadu National Park, and larger more aggressive saltwater crocodiles, have put rangers on high alert as the giant animals attack boats and bite outboard motors.

> Crocodiles have been a protected species in the Northern Territory since 1971 and their number has now grown to around 70,000 saltwater crocodiles, up from 3,000 some 30 years ago.

[Link](http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-05-06T182818Z%5F01%5FSYD11200%5FRTRIDST%5F0%5FODD-AUSTRALIA-CROCODILE-DC.XML&ref=thedailyeudemon.com).