Crocodile pulled from floodwaters as storms hit Australia
A crocodile swimming in a flooded creek is removed by wildlife officers after being spotted by locals as heavy downpours forced evacuations and flood warnings in northeastern Australia. Queensland's Department of Environment and Science said the 2.5 metre (8.2 feet) reptile was captured and removed after locals in Ingham reported it to the authorities.
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00:00 [Sounds of the river]
00:17 It's important that people recognise that any of the drains and estuaries around the place
00:22 with the amount of flood water that we've had could contain an Australian crocodile in it.
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