# 21 foot Crocodile Captured

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 6, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384 "2011-09-06T14:13:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/1 "2011-09-06T14:13:48Z")

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We’re going to need a bigger… [crocodile enclosure](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14800299).

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**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/2 "2011-09-06T14:15:58Z")

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I saw that on Yahoo last night, when I was checking my mail. Pretty cool.

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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/3 "2011-09-06T14:19:59Z")

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I vote we fit it with a large clock dial, and release it into Somalian waters.

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/4 "2011-09-06T14:21:41Z")

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Damn nature, u scary.

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/5 "2011-09-06T14:29:27Z")

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I have seen these in captivity before, and they’re just mind-boggling huge.

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**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/6 "2011-09-06T16:31:49Z")

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Holy Hell… that’s a freakin’ DINOSAUR!

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/7 "2011-09-06T18:52:46Z")

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> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#):
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> I vote we fit it with a large clock dial, and release it into Somalian waters.

me iggorunt. pleez 'splain joke, t’anx!

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/8 "2011-09-06T18:56:02Z")

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> [@Toucanna](#):
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> me iggorunt. pleez 'splain joke, t’anx!

So it will eat (or terrorize) pirates (Captain Hook)

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**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/9 "2011-09-06T19:47:49Z")

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Right under this story is a link about a drunk Aussie who went for a ride on a croc named Fatso. There is no way you could make that up 😛

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/10 "2011-09-06T19:57:14Z")

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Damn, that is a whole set of luggage all by itself … :eek:

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/11 "2011-09-06T20:15:51Z")

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> [@aruvqan](#):
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> Damn, that is a whole set of luggage all by itself … :eek:

It would last forever, but it weighs a ton.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/12 "2011-09-06T20:19:56Z")

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> [@Toucanna](#):
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> me iggorunt. pleez 'splain joke, t’anx!

[Tick-Tock the Croc](http://neverpedia.com/pan/Crocodile).

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**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21-foot-crocodile-captured/595384/13 "2011-09-06T20:32:47Z")

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Belts for everyone! 😃
