# Man taken by crocodile in QLD **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-taken-by-crocodile-in-qld/317358 "2005-08-17T00:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-taken-by-crocodile-in-qld/317358/1 "2005-08-17T00:56:23Z")
Another unfortunate [crocodile attack](http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16288208%255E2702,00.html) in far north QLD yesterday. Why won’t people take notice of the warning signs? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-taken-by-crocodile-in-qld/317358/2 "2005-08-17T06:35:48Z")
Crocodile attacks only happen to _other_ people. Surely you knew that **Cunctator**? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-taken-by-crocodile-in-qld/317358/3 "2005-08-17T22:27:58Z")
Crikey! Hope it wasn’t one of the scientists working on [this project](http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&summit=&storyid=2005-08-16T050539Z_01_DIT618322_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-AUSTRALIA-CROCODILE-DC.XML). ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-taken-by-crocodile-in-qld/317358/4 "2005-08-18T02:35:45Z")
The police think they may have shot [the suspect croc.](http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16301648%255E1702,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-taken-by-crocodile-in-qld/317358/5 "2005-08-18T02:48:57Z")
400 kg? 7 meters? I wouldn’t have gone out there in a battleship, let alone a canoe. That must have been one sweet fishing spot. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-taken-by-crocodile-in-qld/317358/6 "2005-08-18T03:38:09Z")
That bites.