# Australia to Obama: Free crocodile insurance **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2011, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099 "2011-11-16T07:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/21 "2011-11-16T22:53:56Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > Great. So if it’s an alligator he gets nothing? No alligators here except in zoos. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/22 "2011-11-16T23:48:05Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > What if a crocodile attacks him, but he wrestles it into submission, Teddy Roosevelt-style? He gets offered his own show on Animal Planet. Win-win! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/23 "2011-11-16T23:57:08Z")
There _ **is** _ an American crocodile (i.e., within the U.S.). It’s rare and confined for the most part to the southern extremities of the Everglades. Quite different from a 'gator: narrower jaw and significantly larger. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/24 "2011-11-17T00:06:47Z")
What about a pointed stick? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/25 "2011-11-17T00:12:08Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > What if a crocodile attacks him, but he wrestles it into submission, Teddy Roosevelt-style? Please don’t give Vladimir Putin ideas for his next photo-op. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/26 "2011-11-17T00:19:03Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Please don’t give Vladimir Putin ideas for his next photo-op. Look on the bright side: perhaps the crocodile would win. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/27 "2011-11-17T00:20:32Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Please don’t give Vladimir Putin ideas for his next photo-op. Putin-Bachman 2012? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/28 "2011-11-17T01:26:54Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > So NT government basically said “Hey, Obama! I’ll give you fifty grand if you taunt that crocodile!” Obama: So where’s that woman with the sore tooth? > [@Zebra](#): > > What about a pointed stick? Shut up! ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099/29 "2011-11-17T01:28:05Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > and get all Hal Briston-esque with sheep! Don’t you go getting us mixed up with the Kiwi’s thank you for very much! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australia-to-obama-free-crocodile-insurance/603099.md?page=1)