Rangers trap massive 3.96 metre saltwater crocodile from Nitmiluk National Park

By Roxanne Fitzgerald
Updated March 5 2021 - 3:49pm, first published 1:34pm
Senior wildlife ranger John Burke (right) and the team take neasurements of the saltwater crocodile captured at Nitmiluk National Park in Katherine on Monday. Picture: NT Parks and Wildlife.
Senior wildlife ranger John Burke (right) and the team take neasurements of the saltwater crocodile captured at Nitmiluk National Park in Katherine on Monday. Picture: NT Parks and Wildlife.

Katherine wildlife rangers have captured their first crocodile of the year - a massive 3.96 metre male saltie with almost half of his jaw lost to a previous fight for territory.

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