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My grandfather in his youth in Queensland worked for a while hunting crocodiles, to sell the pelts. A dog would be tied to a tree down by the river. The men wo
by keepamovin 2y ago
My grandfather in his youth in Queensland worked for a while hunting crocodiles, to sell the pelts.
A dog would be tied to a tree down by the river. The men would camp nearby. The dog would be heard barking, and men, armed with ropes, would pounce on the crocodile and circle its jaws with rope. Then tie it up and eventually shoot it so it could be skinned. The dog would most often survive. The crocs in those parts apparently loved dogs, and would come a way from the river to find them.
The ropes on jaws worked, as Bite force strong down, not so much up.
My grandfather would often remind me: you cannot outrun a croc on land.
This story is from the 20s and 30s, last century. My grandfather’s beautiful old house in Queensland, which his family sold sans sentiment, had a full crocodile pelt rug on the floor, among many other marvels.
I treasure many memories in my youth in that house of those marvels.
- klipt 2y ago> crocodile pelt rug That doesn't sound very comfortable to sit on or even step on, compared to a furry mammal pelt. Was it just decorative?
- keepamovin 2y agoIt was actually really comfortable. It's very smooth and shiny, and mostly flat. Shrug
- worthless-trash 2y agoCan confirm, nice to lay on when the temperature and humidity is high.
- stronglikedan 2y ago> you cannot outrun a croc on land SERPENTINE!!1!
- dhosek 2y agoI just had a flashback to the original The In-Laws film (for those who haven’t seen it, it’s a comedy masterpiece).
- ForOldHack 2y agoAbsolute b*lls of steel. I would not even think of being within of 150 ft of an crocodiles. They are very fast and very deadly.
- inkyoto 2y agoAustralian bogans («rednecks» in US English) are indomitable and possessed of great puissance, their mettle tempered by the unforgiving wilds of their native land. Let no crocodile that lurks in the murky waters trifle with them, for it shall be promptly subdued with a humble frying pan, wielded with a vigour that belies its pedestrian nature – https://youtu.be/HA3SuHtCWo0 https://youtu.be/HA3SuHtCWo0
- keepamovin 2y agoOkay
- akkad33 2y agoThanks Chatgpt
- YeGoblynQueenne 2y agoThe theory I know is that you (a human) (er presumably) can outrun anything on four legs for a brief period of time. If that's enough to climb a tree (or more like run up the trunk) then that's probably OK. Crocodiles can't climb trees. In any case, who's climbing? The reason the article's story is "apocryphal" is because even a few hundred crocs would be toast going up against a few hundred men with guns. Or any weapon really. Crocs are fast but humans are smart and can work together. Like your grandfather's story goes to show. The somewhat sad truth is that we are the apex predator and the deadliest animal on the planet (yeah, including mosquitoes; humans have killed many more humans than mosquitoes have).
- ArthurStacks 2y agoThe event happened. The only part that was never known is how many specifically were killed by the crocodiles, vs the sharks (yes there was sharks also), dehydration or their wounds. Guns didnt help them because it was a dense swamp, up to their waist in water in places, and at the times they were attacked, pitch black, against a fast moving animal they couldnt see. On top of that they had largely abandoned their equipment before entering.
- jojo2354 2y agoNot to mention to the other comment, the guns these soldiers had weren't submachine guns and modern box magazine semi-auto rifles, 90% of those guys had type 99 or type 38 Arisakas. 5 round stripper clip fed rifles aren't much use when you're being terrorized by something lurking in the water....
- cycomanic 2y agoThe theory is the other way around AFAIK. Humans can outrun essentially every land animal if they chase for long enough (most animals have much worse thermal management so they will have to stop after a while to cool down). That allowed early humans to bring down much faster and larger prey, essentially chasing them to exhaustion.
- whyenot 2y agoYes, it is called persistence hunting, and humans are very well adapted to this style of hunting because of our ability to shed heat and run/walk very efficiently. Wolves are another animal that has this behavior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting
- worthless-trash 2y agoI tried to figure out if we may know each other, I have heard very similar stories from NQ from my grandparents. It was weird to see you also interested in Erlang security too.. It's a very small world.
- keepamovin 2y agoErlang? I don't know it. But security? Yeah. Reach out: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crisdosaygo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/crisdosaygo/
- worthless-trash 2y agoI saw you had posted some Erlang cves. Assumed it was your find.
- keepamovin 2y agoLol! That was a while back. I have yet to try finding CVEs, but that was what I thought interesting. Especially given its telco usage