# Yet Another Preventable Crocodile Attack **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 23, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467 "2002-10-23T02:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/81 "2002-10-31T21:56:54Z")
Damn…sorry about the translation there! Actually, **Terminus** the image of me wearing a thong (g-string) ANYWHERE is pretty mind-blowing…and not in the provocative sense either!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/82 "2002-10-31T22:07:56Z")
look at the diagram again. A thong is not a g-string 😛 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/83 "2002-10-31T22:14:19Z")
Either or. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/84 "2002-10-31T22:16:25Z")
So, to get back to the OP: Do you think wearing a thong in the bush would prevent crocodile attacks? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/85 "2002-10-31T22:20:37Z")
If a croc saw ME in a thong wandering around, it’d scuttle off in the other direction real quick… So, yes **Terminus Est** , thongs ARE a good preventative for croc attacks. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/86 "2002-10-31T22:21:41Z")
Well, in some cases you can see how it might spoil the beastie’s appetite… ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/87 "2002-10-31T22:23:43Z")
(Yikes! Wasn’t aiming that at you **kambuckta**. My post was a reply to **Terminus Est**.) ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/88 "2002-10-31T22:27:22Z")
I’ll be sure to pack my thong (or G-string) if I ever go to Oz. Errr, not that I actually own one, you understand. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/89 "2002-10-31T23:45:03Z")
Opal, it’s impolite to ask people to look at your diaghram. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/90 "2002-10-31T23:49:40Z")
Oh shit. It’s spelled “Diaphragm.” Never mind. I wonder what the penalty for making two mistakes in one thread is… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/91 "2002-11-01T00:21:53Z")
But would a thong scare off the dropbears? ---
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/92 "2002-11-01T01:39:40Z")
Only if you wear it on your head… Also, on a random tangent, I met the brother of the guy who killed that croc last night. My small brush with fame… ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/93 "2002-11-01T02:08:16Z")
Nothing. _Nothing_ scares off a drop bear. ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/94 "2002-11-01T12:51:04Z")
Do not stand under the trees in dropbear season. One dropbear will rip your face off in under ten seconds. They’re like piranhas. If piranhas lived in trees and had fur and claws, that is. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467/95 "2002-11-04T17:09:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tavalla \* > \*\*They’re like piranhas. If piranhas lived in trees and had fur and claws, that is. \*\* Simply marvellous [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-preventable-crocodile-attack/133467.md?page=4)