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Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

Wow.

-Trevor

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

Whoa. What would happen if he fought a flying shark?

Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :

I can't believe they're letting this monster live. It's eaten 87 people for goodness sakes.

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

This is going to sound amazingly morbid, but the damned thing has been alive for nearly two decades.

It would almost be a waste to kill it. Especially for just doing what comes naturally.

-Trevor

Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :

According to the article, it's been alive for over 60 years, Trevor. It's only been eating people for the last 2 decades. [Eek!]

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

Must be an acquired taste.

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

I would say that's even more reason to keep the wee beastie alive.

-Trevor

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Huh. I guess I don't have as good a grasp of meters as I thought I did... I expected it to look much bigger.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

quote:
Whoa. What would happen if he fought a flying shark?

See, this is what I love about Hatrack. [ROFL]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

What did happen when the giant croc fought the flying shark?

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

He's all bent up and the photo cut off part of his tail.

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

The Croc won, hands down.

So they killed him, stuffed him, and put him on display.

[ March 08, 2005, 07:25 PM: Message edited by: T_Smith ]

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

I don't think the photos do it justice - that is a big, big handbag.

On the picture slideshow, there is an almost closeup of his head and how it looks almost as big as the back of the truck cab.

-Trevor

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

[Eek!]

Good lord.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

In that slideshow, they've got the picture of Steve Irwin feeding the croc while holding his one-month-old son.

What an idiot.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

I noticed that, dkw. Still smaller than I thought. I looked at the slideshow, too, and agree that his head is quite large.

Trevor... forget about the handbag. Think of how many pairs of shoes/boots are in that baby...

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

Literally. [Big Grin]

-Trevor

Edit: And they say crocs don't have soles.

[ March 08, 2005, 07:34 PM: Message edited by: TMedina ]

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

*LAUGH*

Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :

I like that little photo. Duct tape: Is there anything it can't do?

Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :

That croc does not look 5 meters long.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

The caption gave it's length in real measurements as 16'. I have a pick-up with an 8' bed, but it's a small truck. How big is a standard pick-up bed? He's (she's?)in it diagonally, with the head bent up and the tail twisted and partly not showing. I guess I could buy 16'.

[ March 08, 2005, 07:40 PM: Message edited by: ElJay ]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Standard pickup bed in America is 4' x 8' - you can stack plywood and gypboard in it on top of the hubs.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Really? I thought half-sized trucks had smaller beds than full-sized.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Here you go:

quote:
Bed lengths and cargo size. Bed lengths range from a full-sized 8-foot version to a shorter 4-foot bed on some crew-cab models. A truck with a longer bed more difficult to maneuver in tight situations. Many compact pickups offer a flip-out bed extender, which allows the truck to be used with the tailgate down for carrying longer cargo. A truck with a short 6.5-foot bed, for instance, can accommodate 8-foot cargo with the tailgate down. Extenders take up cargo space when the tailgate is closed, but they can be easily removed.

The Chevrolet Avalanche and Cadillac Escalade EXT crew cabs have a midgate between the rear seat and the pickup bed. The midgate can be opened and the rear seat folded to extend the cargo area to 8 feet, from its normal 5-foot length. The Subaru Baja has a small pass-through opening that can be used a in similar way.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Huh. Guess that's my learn something new for today. [Wink]

Thanks!

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

I only knew because someone explained it to my while we were hauling 20 sheets of plywood to his back yard. I commented on the fact they fit exactly, and he said full-sized pickups were designed that way.

I'm glad to learn he wasn't making that up.

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

And I'll bet the first words out of your mouth after that story were "what a croc!" [Big Grin]

-Trevor

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

[Laugh]

It wasn't so much a tall tail as a long one.

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

I don't know how they weighed him - must have been some serious scales involved.

-Trevor

Edit: We really need a deadpan smilie. [Big Grin]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

"Real" measurements indeed. 16 feet and 5 meters are just about the same. Either way, that's one big monster.

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

rivka, that was a leeetle jab that has so far gone un-noticed by the person it was aimed at. I'm glad it at least disgruntled someone.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

It's people like you that mean I have to know what 12 x 3 is. [Razz]

Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :

Croiky...*chomp* <mumbled> He's a fiesty little devil!

Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :

I always wondered what became of Petey after mom made me flush him. I'm so happy to hear he's doing well. [Big Grin]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

The real question is whether they used enough duct tape...

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

"I can't believe they're letting this monster live. It's eaten 87 people for goodness sakes."

Politics rears its ugly head again. The crocodile is obviously very popular amongst the people.
Otherwise they woulda quit feeding it.

[ March 09, 2005, 12:17 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

Somebody should feed that thing an alarm clock so people will hear it ticking before it attacks again. [Wink]

Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :

Now that song is going to be in my head all day. Thanks, Karl. [Razz]

Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

Anytime. [Evil]

Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :

Bah, I've eaten over 90 people. Nobody's caught me yet.

OK, so they were chocolate Santas at Christmas, but still.