A brave crocodile tried to take on a massive Mack truck in the Northern Territory, but was put in his place by the gigantic hunk of metal.
Tommy Watkins told The NT News he was spending time with friends at Kakadu National Park when the crocodile, who measured nearly four metres, caught his eye.
He says the crocodile had been relaxing in the water waiting for fish when the approaching truck changed his attitude completely.
A crocodile tired of waiting for its afternoon snack tried to take a bite out of a passing Mack truck, but was put back in its place
‘We’d been watching him for a while. The croc was there, laying with its mouth open to get itself a feed – just fishing,’ he said.
‘The truck came through, and sparked him right up.’
An incredible image shows the truck crossing through the path, which was covered by the high tide, as the crocodile retreated back to the water.
Mr Watkins claimed as the truck and croc crossed paths initially, the predator had tried to take a bite out of the vehicle.
The truck was driving through Cahill’s Crossing in Kakadu, which allows vehicles to travel through crocodile infested waters
Cahill’s Crossing, where the crocodile and the truck faced off, is inhabited with crocodiles, but Mr Watkins said there were at least 15 on that day, the most he had ever seen.
A study completed in 2015 found more than 120 crocodiles within just a six-kilometre stretch of the river, however there has only ever been one recorded fatality, the ABC reported.
The crossing, about 286km from Darwin, links Jabiru and the Indigenous Gunbalanya community. As the tide rises, the road becomes submerged.
For eight months of the year, during the Territory’s wet season, the road is often impassable.
A 2015 study found more than 120 crocodiles within just a 6km stretch of the river, but there has only been one recorded fatality