Common sense ha, ok, why are cricket moving south?. Why are cricket attacks and spotted in areas have been seen in for 50 more years?. That's right, your expert. Ohh and before think you got a smart ass reply, I hunt crocs
I would have been nervous to go to a deserted beach at night anyway due to a possible attack from human predators, never mind crocodiles. This is a horrific story, I can’t even imagine the trauma of being in the water in the dark struggling against a massive beast. She was brave trying to find her friend before leaving to get help.
Brave….but incredibly ignorant. They were born & raised in Australia, & thought going to croc infested waters at night for fun, was a good idea? I can’t imagine the trauma this woman experienced, but it was completely self inflicted.
Really??? 🤦 Well just goes to show how much you know because it was a crocodile that was the big risk to her not being attacked by a male as you have kindly pointed out in your outrageous comment🤦 Disgraceful that you tried to change this story's warning of the dangers of crocs and push your own agenda on what's more risky. Go play with a bear in the wood will you.
I’m sorry. I’m not trying to be an a hole… but two Aussie ladies who are well aware of their surroundings!!!! Why would you do this? It’s like me and my friend going into the swamp at night Just sad! Horribly sad!!!
@@samuraininjarockstar9355 exactly, sad but these women live in a country with crocodiles & know better. They also knew the area they were there are more of them. Anytime you are in the area of wildlife you should never put yourself in a situation that can cost you your life. Very sad.
I agree, to a point. It’s a common misconception that shallow waters are safe. I once saw 3 enormous crocs vanish into a very small…pool for lack of a better word that I knew was 18-24 inches deep. The general public has the tendency to underestimate the danger and really should be better educated what it means to be “croc wise”.
Swimming in croc and sharky waters will always be risky. At least with sharks they generally aren’t predatory attacks, but with crocodilians they will absolutely see you as dinner. We can’t tailor the world to suit us, so we must treat such creatures with caution and respect. These predators are needed in their respective environments.
You can and should tailor it to suit you, plenty are ready and able. You simply don’t want to. You enjoy the harder and more uninformed route. For others. You probably don’t even enjoy the water and prefer making waves.
@@seanservo3105 Ah yes, because us tailoring the natural environment to serve our wants has done such good for the world...there's a reason we are seeing huge ecological collapse and a 6th mass extinction. It's from people deciding to tailor the world to be our personal playground instead of respecting it.
What a dreadful sad story but forgive me for saying why go out to that beach in the pitch dark of the night especially in a remote part of the world. 🇬🇧
Hate to say it but maybe alcohol was a contributing factor? I know what it's like when female friends get together and want to have fun being one myself.
Honestly virtually every Australian knows North Queensland is croc country. A most foolish thing to do going anywhere near that beach at night particularly.
I went up there in the 80's. went on a day trip from Cairns, we were told the beach is beautiful but there are salties in the sea so do not swim, we never went near the water, and as a foreign tourist I knew not to swim up there or in the sea at Darwin for same reason. I would not have even paddled in the water. I think it it is just a terrible accident and very sad. Maybe culling is called for but you have to respect where these creatures live, u can't kil em all off so we can go for a swim. what do the local indigenous peoples think abt it ? Be nice to have their opinion/knowledge/wisdom on the subject.
The indigenous respect the crocs! They also swim up there but only in certain places where salties don't go! I believe they used to cull large problem crocs back in the day and probably still do today out in the remote communities their kind of cull isn't the same as how the white man would go about culling them thats for sure
Im south african my sister lives in Australia. When i visit i know not to go in the water. We dont have salt water crocodiles but ive seen nile crocodiles in the ocean after storms around st lucia area. Dont ever think youre safe in the ocean
@@DenjiSuper I vote Rep as well but I fail to see the connection between this and whether someone is a dem or rep. These women were literally in the crocs home.
@@GG-hu9dn plenty of places to swim in Australia and be safe,it was stupidity in the highest degree,awful way to go and very sad but so easily avoidable.
They weren’t even tourists & let’s not pretend signs are the solution. People won’t even stay out of predator enclosures at zoos ffs….& there are signs, Barriers, & moats!
They weren’t even tourists & let’s not pretend signs are the solution. People won’t even stay out of predator enclosures at zoos ffs….& there are signs, Barriers, & moats!
There’s a RUclips Short where some people fixed up a dummy in a kayak and had the figure’s hand up to the wrist dragging in the water. The speed, stealth and strategical attack by the croc was incredible. It raised its head in a sideways position, chomped on the lower arm, then immediately upwards to the upper arm. If it’d been a person they would’ve found themselves yanked out of the kayak and into the water before they could even process what was going on. Chilling.
What an awesome set of bffs. This is so sad. Im sure she has trauma from seeing her friend taken like that and not being able to do more. My heart breaks for them.
Very sad, but also completely their own fault. This wasn’t some freak accident that just couldn’t be prevented….. they intentionally went into croc country for no real reason, & a croc attacked. Why people take such massive risks with their lives I’ll never understand
So sad. I'm so sorry you lost your best friend like that, how horrific and my heart goes out to all who loved her. But we can not allow Australia to become like the rest of the world. Killing our animals for sport and money. We as humans are so destructive. We won't be happy until we make every animal disappear from the face of this beautiful planet of ours. We need to protect them because they all have a massive impact on the eco system, the environment needs them all. There should be warning signs everywhere.. warning all.. the risk is high being in their territory. Love to you and her family. ❤
People who travel into these areas....Far North Tropics of Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia MUST HEED the information about crocodiles. I have personally been to the Daintree area ( for bird watching...not fishing) and would not enter any body of water. Many signs say....CROCODILES INHABIT THESE WATERS.
You don’t think the Irwin’s make loads of money from being wildlife warriors? The hunter wasn’t wanting eradicate of crocodiles, just number management. He relocated them too.
I was told a story from an Aboriginal fella about 40 years ago. He told me that each Aboriginal tribe had a sacred animal. They never harmed or ate them, they looked after them. Another tribe may have a different animal at the heart of their tribe. Again, they didn't harm or eat their totam animal. So, it was not disrespectful to eat the animal from another tribe. In this way, they stop stopped over hunting each species AND over-population. Does this not make complete sense!? Croc's have no preditors. Maybe if we were more like aboriginal peoples, there would be balance.
@Jaya-zn7vr I was told they used to eat crocodiles, kill their young and raid their eggs.. deliberately, to keep the population low. A lot of them apparently think our policy of total protection is absolutely crazy.
If we lived like Aboriginal people the population density would be so low there would be total economic collapse by trying to provide a standard of living based on only a few propping it up. You can glorify their agricultural methods saying how much better than we have it today, but there would be no shops, no transport, no utilities, no infrastructure at all ... I don't think you've thought it through at all.
Seriously? You survived cancer and you decided to go celebrate at a crocodile farm? Couldn’t y’all celebrate with dinner and wine instead? People are remarkably stupid.
Completely agree. Yet we always seem to try. Even the smallest example of calling squirrels rats raccoons pests. Or get mad when they get in their flowers. Like how entitled can one human be?
@@GypsyGirl317 do you feel better now? You know they say people that feel the need to correct people especially in a casual setting like social media are compensating for their lack of smarts. It’s egotistical and elitist. You understood what they were saying just fine. You weren’t correcting to be helpful, you were being condescending and it’s not cute.
I have up there a few times for holidays and its a beautiful part of Australia but like a lot of areas in Australia you must respect and be aware of the environment and surroundings and everything will be ok
Yes until the Irwins went all out on fighting the government and others to protect certain areas. Steve sunk a lot of his money in pirchased 100,000 acres of remote land in several places. Terri had to fight back and forth for years to gain control. There were land developers of course paying off government officials probably getting injunctions on her. I think she finally just in the past few years won. It is just like in the USA alligators were critically endangered. They put a ban on. All hunting for about thirty years and the population boomed. Now they are back in even higher numbers than they were originally in some places and states had to reintroduce tag systems to allow hunting again.
Animal just does what its nature is, insanely horrible story but avoidable. That said, animal has to be regulated, people first. The idea of people paying for tags is the solution, economy builder and the money goes back to land and animal conservation efforts. That beach wasn’t known for crocodiles but they have legs, they swim, they travel.
I couldn't imagine living around Crocs without both eyes open. I live on the outskirts of New Orleans Louisiana by the swamps and we have alligators everywhere which I fear! I know that Crocs are much worse. 🙏 Stay safe!!
How awful, I can’t nor want to imagine what that was like to watch or experience. To people talking out the side of their necks, STOP being so damn disrespectful, for real, be grown. If it was you or your loved ones, god forbid, I don’t think you would appreciate the comments. Stop being messy 😒
I bet she let go and got out of the water immediately. No way she went under water to look for her and im not saying she should have because it's a fkn crocodile. But her story sounds like horse shit to me. And why do animals always pay for human stupidity? Killing the croc is just pathetic
The story is sad & tragic but I can’t think why anyone let alone Native Aussies would enter the sea or waterholes , River at night or day in the Northern part of the country , absolutely madness , you can’t blame an animal in its natural habitat , also the sea there is home to Box jellyfish, Great white , Tiger & Bull sharks, even Steve Irwin wouldn’t have done that .
In Port Douglas you can only swim in the netted area. That's a beach adjacent to a town, so it's incredible to think these ladies got into the water in a remote area of the Daintree.
@samuraininjarockstar9355 The Irwin family isnt thinking about their bank balance?? 😳 Do you have any idea how much of a capitalistic commercial operation Australia Zoo is? Even eating lunch there is twice as bad as the airport.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY SAD. I live in the States. I actually had a dream that alligators were chasing me and trying to eat me the other night. Not making this up. It was frightening. I can only imagine the terror these two ladies went through. My prayers are with them and their family's. 😢
That will happen when you share nature with animals that are capable if hunting humans.. I don't blame a bear attacking a human in the woods. Stay out of the woods.
Crocodiles are instinctive. They choose to watch and wait for whatever they truly desire, something we as humans fail to do. My backyard back's up to a croc river in Northern Australia. A fight to win Territorial rights is a spectacular sight to watch. I am so sorry for your loss lady. I instantly lost my partner in 2021 not by the jaws of a croc but by a bus driver speeding through a pedestrian crossing.
The fearmongering is almost embarrassing 😂 so croc levels are coming back to what they were before humans almost wiped them off earth! Its croc country, dont go near the water, simple! Hence why there are pools everywhere!
I'm sorry but as an aussie this is unbelievably stupid and an unnecessary tragedy, even worse they were from croc country themselves and still did this! So sad
This lady was insanely brave to not only battle the croc in an ultimately futile attempt to save her friend but to then continue diving beneath the surface (at night!) in desperate hope of somehow spotting her friend down there, despite the high risk to her own life. What a sad story.
Crocodiles are known to eat new prey animals in front of the prey’s herd and specie. Quick story, my dad has a South African friend who loved exploring Africa and had a huge passion of big cats. He followed a specific Lion pride in Zimbabwe that was lead by three brothers and several females. A total of roughly 13 lions were in the pride. After coming back 8 months from his last visit, the pride was down to 7 and when he was watching one of the scared brothers cross a river, it was pulled under by what he described to be “the biggest croc I’ve ever seen, I thought it was a dinosaur.” A SINGLE 17 foot bull Nile Croc had tagged the lions and decimated the pride so much that they had to move territories. The attacks started because the lions used to ambush prey near the river/swamp. The croc saw this and started ambushing the lions when they were in the midst of ambushing buffalo and antelope. They had no chance because the croc was much stronger than any lion on this planet. Truly a terrifying animal that makes the king of the jungle look like a house cat and actively hunts them.
Night or day, alligators or crocs, they stalk any animal, child or grandmother. There are 30,000 alligators just in lake Okeechobee in Florida. I was terrified living in Florida with children and pets. When the hurricanes spread water, no place is safe. I believe it is absolutely out of control. Let the people who need the meat harvest what they need. Every river, every pond or drainage ditch is like a ticking time bomb. It reminds me of dinosaurs that ambush on the loose. It really is the same thing.😮
Hence, the reality show Swamp People. I approve of them since they hunt for survival and summer income since they are local people in Louisiana, Florida and Texas.
Elizabeth, you’re ridiculous 🙄 On average, there are 7 unprovoked gator attacks a year in FLA, which has a population of almost 23 MILLION people. Not even all result in death, or serious injury….so save your “save the kids & pets” hysterics ma’am & leave those alligators alone. Calling it a “ticking time bomb” is legitimately unhinged.
Crocodiles can live further down Qld if they wanted to. One was found in the logan river, thats not to far from the Gold Coast. But humans won't allow it. The larger the croc the more I think they should be protected, not hunted when they've survived that long to reach that size. Seems disrespectful.
Dark water scares me , sometimes I’m grateful for random fears I have. Some people just don’t see how situations can be really dangerous and I’ll never understand that
I understand in that they were not used to those beaches as most beaches in Australia are quite safe if you go shallow at night. Alcohol also would have been a main contributing factor.
Human invasion... not croc or animal invasion. Common sense and safety regulations are on a downward spiral... Government and authorities need to pull up their socks in maintaining basic safety regulations and natural habitat... Big Time.
Why in the seven hells would anyone think it’s a good idea to go swimming in the dark of the night? This is just downright tragic for both the women but also the crocs themselves. Because it’s a way to villainise them. It reminds me of what the author of Jaws said on a national geographic documentary that if he had known what Great Whites were like he never could have written Jaws. This is the same with crocodiles, they aren’t out there planning people’s demises, they are something that reacts. They don’t think what you are, it’s snap at anything. I had the absolute pleasure of feeding a croc as a kid (you know the chicken on the line) and seeing this gorgeous animal slowly move underneath the chicken, raise his head and then leap up to grab it, had a profound impact on me. I introduced my niece’s to crcodiles about a year ago, at Butterfly Creek and the croc had zero interest in putting on a show that day, even though seeing him boredly come out of the water and open his jaws, as an artist I was flawed. I asked if he wasn’t very hungry and they said no, but he usually is fairly keen. And if you’d like another amazing fact about crocodiles, their blood contains an anti-bacterial component which stops Crocs dying of infection. Medicla Science is still trying to synthesise it. One day I hope I can do the encounter with a crocodile, where you are in a glass cage at one of the aquariums, get up close and personal to a great big salty. That I admire. I have had to take blood from crcos as a work experience, and it only fueled my fascinaiton further. I don’t thing culling them is going to save the problem, coexsisting is the only way to do things. But, we always need a villain, need I remind everyone of The Tasmanian Tiger 😢.
RIP and thoughts to the lady but if people are complaining about crocodiles in remote areas then they don't want them to live anywhere. The hicks should just cut the BS about "numbers" and just admit to wanting to wipe them out. I'm sure around 1% of hatchlings reach adulthood so nature already has a system for them. Also, last time I checked, humans aren't amphibious, so we ALWAYS have a choice to avoid them.
Im so sorry this lady lost her friend and was with her fighting like a savage to save her. So heartbreaking. I can understand her trauma. Its a living nightmare that will never leave her memory. I truly hope she's better now. ❤
This is nonsense; as a 74yr old Australian & Queenslander I’ve known for the majority of my life you don’t enter any waters in late afternoon, night, or early morning - it just isn’t safe. Predators such as crocodiles and sharks have a right to exist and as humans we need to respect their space.
I'm always sorry for any unnecessary loss of a life, specially when it's completely avoidable. This lady speaks about common sense, but showed a massive lack thereof: You're in the wild, not Disney World. You went into the territory of crocodiles who have been going about the business of their lives for millions of years, don't blame them for your lack of responsibility. As for the animal slaughter freaks: crocs keep our ecosystem in balance, you want to compound the damage done by all your ignorant, short-sighted predecessors. You lose.
All these people blaming the women and calling them stupid need to keep their nasty thoughts to themselves. They went there because their friend had a place there, so for all we know, they've been there before many times with no problems. I could see how familiarity of a place and lack of previous problems could make people underestimate the potential danger. Note that @22:58 they even say THERE HAD NEVER BEEN AN ATTACK THERE BEFORE and that NOW there are warning signs. (So presumably there weren't signs there before.) Look, we've all done foolish things that could have turned out badly for us if luck hadn't been on our side at the time. So we should show a little respect and empathy for what these poor women went through and keep our judgy, holier-than-thou opinions to ourselves.
Everyone makes mistakes in life, no one has a right to judge others for a horrendous accident. Haters will hate. All my sympathy and compassion for this poor lady and her friend😢
Even if no one had been attacked there before, it doesn't mean that it can't happen! There shouldn't have to be signs warning about Crocs! It's common sense! Also, everyone is entitled to their opinion. The ladies made a stupid decision, and because of it, a croc had to die. 😡
STFU! You don’t even know what you’re talking about! That’s one of the dumbest responses ever! “Oh yeah she gets to do what she wants…. Well that’s what happens when you enter an Apex predators domain day…. Or night…. Do us all a favor and go take a dip yourself in crocodile territory!
Well they did enter their territory. Everyone in NQ knows the risks as there are signs everywhere. Even small resivorses, creeks and swaps carry the risk of crocs
I’m so sorry they went through this, but in cairns and surrounds I wouldn’t even walk on the beach let alone go In the water. Why do people have this false sense of confidence?
Because they live in cities, and they forget we share this planet at all, let alone with animals dangerous to us. The increase in tourist idiocy in US national parks since the pandemic has been astounding. The number of visitors went way up and they seem to think the bison and bears and mountain goats etc. are animals in a petting zoo, with predictable results.
It's unfair to demonise crocs like this. A very sad thing happened, but going into that water at that time was a very foolhardy risk to take. 🩵🐊 RIP Cindy 🕊️ Trophy hunting is barbaric. Absolutely disgraceful.
My heart breaks for this woman losing her best friend. I too lost my best friend last year. She and I did crazy things but this would never be one of them. An animal should not have to lose its life because humans put themselves at risk. I'm sure crocs are killed to retrieve the remains of the human for family and closure.
Normally, like you'd often find in comment sections like these, I'd make a point to mention how silly these people are for getting themselves into situations like these, but after hearing this woman speak about it, especially the attack, all I feel is absolute sympathy for her :.(
I live in England, and don’t feel the need to go swimming in bodies of water. Why, when it’s known that crocodiles are present in Australia, do people not just stay out of the water?
People should always be cautious and know the risks,that's a human mistake. Yet there are hunting seasons for many animals. I don't want to see humans go crazy and not have laws but the over population of any animal can be fatal. Where is the protection for people as well as animals/reptiles! I love reptiles but there has to be a balance
Crocs survived the end of the dinosaurs, we pose no challenge to them one on one. I read somewhere the pre-industrial man and crocs had a truce of sorts as they recognised each others as cunning predators in their respective elements. Alas, many people nowadays think a smartphone makes them indestructible
Humans are something else smh “100,000 crocs seems a bit excessive. It’s not like they’ve laid claim to this land nearly 100 million years ago, or anything. It should totally be up to us how many get the opportunity to live” God complex getting a bit outta control, isn’t it sir?
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Two aussies who knew the risks but chose to ignore it, heartbreaking but so easily avoidable.
They are from New Zealand 😅
@@joshualeonard4658 her friend was from Cairns, either way they both would of known the risk, idiotic comment
to much champagne
@@joshualeonard4658she sounds pretty aussie to me! NZ basically is Australia so that's still no excuse when they're lived here for decades
And the croc is killed as usual. They were around with the dinosaurs.
"it's just common sense isn't it?" I thought that was the case with entering water in croc country? Especially at night!
Yes, and the Crocs always get the blaming, all because of two stupid humans who decided to go skinny dipping in Croc territory at night.
@@jerumdagree! It pisses me off!
Common sense ha, ok, why are cricket moving south?. Why are cricket attacks and spotted in areas have been seen in for 50 more years?. That's right, your expert.
Ohh and before think you got a smart ass reply, I hunt crocs
I would have been nervous to go to a deserted beach at night anyway due to a possible attack from human predators, never mind crocodiles. This is a horrific story, I can’t even imagine the trauma of being in the water in the dark struggling against a massive beast. She was brave trying to find her friend before leaving to get help.
Exactly. I don't understand people who don't have an ounce of situational awareness.
Brave….but incredibly ignorant. They were born & raised in Australia, & thought going to croc infested waters at night for fun, was a good idea? I can’t imagine the trauma this woman experienced, but it was completely self inflicted.
Really??? 🤦 Well just goes to show how much you know because it was a crocodile that was the big risk to her not being attacked by a male as you have kindly pointed out in your outrageous comment🤦 Disgraceful that you tried to change this story's warning of the dangers of crocs and push your own agenda on what's more risky. Go play with a bear in the wood will you.
@@s3uoq what a ridiculous comment!
@sukijay4990 There, I fixed it for you, my fault for not being clear enough.
Two places I wouldn't go in the water or out into the wild are Australia and Africa....especially at night.
Don't forget Florida!
They better stay in friggin Queensland! That's why I stay outta there and the humidity lol
People think they own the planet and that animals should know that.. time for some humble pie.
@@einienj3281 Facts!
o plenty of spots in australia that are safec as can be
So sad, but simple precautions would have avoided this.
The emotional pain is so obvious and I hope this lady gets some peace over time.
That beach at night !!! Scary as! No one around and besides Crocs, what about bull sharks, box jellyfish and irukandji ! 😬
I’m sorry. I’m not trying to be an a hole… but two Aussie ladies who are well aware of their surroundings!!!! Why would you do this? It’s like me and my friend going into the swamp at night Just sad! Horribly sad!!!
Exactly, they knew the crocs were there they were warned yet still ignored all this. Yes the story is sad but was completely available.
@@danasandoval624totally agree, tragic but why would you swim in such dangerous areas.
@@samuraininjarockstar9355 exactly, sad but these women live in a country with crocodiles & know better. They also knew the area they were there are more of them.
Anytime you are in the area of wildlife you should never put yourself in a situation that can cost you your life. Very sad.
They're not Australian ... New Zealanders
I agree, to a point. It’s a common misconception that shallow waters are safe. I once saw 3 enormous crocs vanish into a very small…pool for lack of a better word that I knew was 18-24 inches deep. The general public has the tendency to underestimate the danger and really should be better educated what it means to be “croc wise”.
Swimming in croc and sharky waters will always be risky. At least with sharks they generally aren’t predatory attacks, but with crocodilians they will absolutely see you as dinner. We can’t tailor the world to suit us, so we must treat such creatures with caution and respect. These predators are needed in their respective environments.
Darwin prize winner. The majority of humans have become quite unaware of the reality of Nature.
You can and should tailor it to suit you, plenty are ready and able. You simply don’t want to. You enjoy the harder and more uninformed route. For others. You probably don’t even enjoy the water and prefer making waves.
@@seanservo3105 Ah yes, because us tailoring the natural environment to serve our wants has done such good for the world...there's a reason we are seeing huge ecological collapse and a 6th mass extinction. It's from people deciding to tailor the world to be our personal playground instead of respecting it.
Risky?
Ya reckon mate!?
This is just horrific. Although going to the water at night is always going to be risky. I hope she can heal from this... would definitely cause PTSD.
I am completely baffled by the idea of walking in the water there--especially at night.
Poor lady, must have been pure horror
What a dreadful sad story but forgive me for saying why go out to that beach in the pitch dark of the night especially in a remote part of the world. 🇬🇧
Hate to say it but maybe alcohol was a contributing factor? I know what it's like when female friends get together and want to have fun being one myself.
Honestly virtually every Australian knows North Queensland is croc country. A most foolish thing to do going anywhere near that beach at night particularly.
@@starlooker6612 I agree, alcohol lowers inhibitions and yet people here are still not understanding that from their comments.
I went up there in the 80's. went on a day trip from Cairns, we were told the beach is beautiful but there are salties in the sea so do not swim, we never went near the water, and as a foreign tourist I knew not to swim up there or in the sea at Darwin for same reason. I would not have even paddled in the water. I think it it is just a terrible accident and very sad. Maybe culling is called for but you have to respect where these creatures live, u can't kil em all off so we can go for a swim. what do the local indigenous peoples think abt it ? Be nice to have their opinion/knowledge/wisdom on the subject.
The indigenous respect the crocs! They also swim up there but only in certain places where salties don't go! I believe they used to cull large problem crocs back in the day and probably still do today out in the remote communities their kind of cull isn't the same as how the white man would go about culling them thats for sure
I, too, would love to hear from the aboriginal peoples on this. True masters of the environment know they are just a part of it.
'wisdom' lol they hunted 90 percent of Australia's megafauna to extinction
@@chellesama8256aboriginal people hunt and eat the salties. They did not consent to the outlawing of this practice.
We swim in Darwin Northern Beaches in the dry.
Steve would be so proud of Terri and what she still does for animals . ❤️
Im south african my sister lives in Australia. When i visit i know not to go in the water. We dont have salt water crocodiles but ive seen nile crocodiles in the ocean after storms around st lucia area. Dont ever think youre safe in the ocean
the crocs live there. It's their home. This is awful but we must respect the animals.
Is that what they say in Chicago, Baltimore, San Francisco and the other big blue cities?
@@DenjiSuperwhat you chattin?
Perhaps you should try saying that if someone you care about got eaten by one of these monsters?! Who will even eat each other?!
@@DenjiSuper I vote Rep as well but I fail to see the connection between this and whether someone is a dem or rep. These women were literally in the crocs home.
@@GG-hu9dn plenty of places to swim in Australia and be safe,it was stupidity in the highest degree,awful way to go and very sad but so easily avoidable.
More education especially for tourists. Anyone should be aware of their environment. Crocs are masters of ambush.🏃🐊
Signs everywhere in multiple languages!
They weren’t even tourists & let’s not pretend signs are the solution. People won’t even stay out of predator enclosures at zoos ffs….& there are signs, Barriers, & moats!
They weren’t even tourists & let’s not pretend signs are the solution. People won’t even stay out of predator enclosures at zoos ffs….& there are signs, Barriers, & moats!
But not that day
What a beautiful friendship. Im so very sorry you lost your best friend. May your many memories of going through life together bring you much peace.
There’s a RUclips Short where some people fixed up a dummy in a kayak and had the figure’s hand up to the wrist dragging in the water. The speed, stealth and strategical attack by the croc was incredible. It raised its head in a sideways position, chomped on the lower arm, then immediately upwards to the upper arm. If it’d been a person they would’ve found themselves yanked out of the kayak and into the water before they could even process what was going on. Chilling.
What an awesome set of bffs. This is so sad. Im sure she has trauma from seeing her friend taken like that and not being able to do more. My heart breaks for them.
Very sad, but also completely their own fault. This wasn’t some freak accident that just couldn’t be prevented….. they intentionally went into croc country for no real reason, & a croc attacked. Why people take such massive risks with their lives I’ll never understand
These animals are dinosaurs,they have lived thousands of years cause they're smart.they watch.
So sad. I'm so sorry you lost your best friend like that, how horrific and my heart goes out to all who loved her.
But we can not allow Australia to become like the rest of the world.
Killing our animals for sport and money.
We as humans are so destructive. We won't be happy until we make every animal disappear from the face of this beautiful planet of ours.
We need to protect them because they all have a massive impact on the eco system, the environment needs them all.
There should be warning signs everywhere.. warning all.. the risk is high being in their territory.
Love to you and her family. ❤
Amen to that. Thank you for saying that. People are getting out of control, not nature. Leave nature alone.
People who travel into these areas....Far North Tropics of Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia MUST HEED the information about crocodiles. I have personally been to the Daintree area ( for bird watching...not fishing) and would not enter any body of water. Many signs say....CROCODILES INHABIT THESE WATERS.
There are signs everywhere all over Queensland, especially at creeks and beaches.
You don’t think the Irwin’s make loads of money from being wildlife warriors? The hunter wasn’t wanting eradicate of crocodiles, just number management. He relocated them too.
You sound absolutely absurd! You actually think humans want to cause all animals to become extinct????
I was told a story from an Aboriginal fella about 40 years ago. He told me that each Aboriginal tribe had a sacred animal. They never harmed or ate them, they looked after them. Another tribe may have a different animal at the heart of their tribe. Again, they didn't harm or eat their totam animal. So, it was not disrespectful to eat the animal from another tribe. In this way, they stop stopped over hunting each species AND over-population. Does this not make complete sense!? Croc's have no preditors. Maybe if we were more like aboriginal peoples, there would be balance.
That's profoundly wise! ❤
@Jaya-zn7vr I was told they used to eat crocodiles, kill their young and raid their eggs.. deliberately, to keep the population low. A lot of them apparently think our policy of total protection is absolutely crazy.
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If we lived like Aboriginal people the population density would be so low there would be total economic collapse by trying to provide a standard of living based on only a few propping it up. You can glorify their agricultural methods saying how much better than we have it today, but there would be no shops, no transport, no utilities, no infrastructure at all ... I don't think you've thought it through at all.
What load shit.
When she said i wanted to feel what she felt because that's what I thought I deserved.....😢 I felt that. She was fighting a lost battle. 🕳️🖤🕳️
Seriously? You survived cancer and you decided to go celebrate at a crocodile farm? Couldn’t y’all celebrate with dinner and wine instead? People are remarkably stupid.
We can't tailor the world to just suite us. . . .sorry.
Completely agree. Yet we always seem to try. Even the smallest example of calling squirrels rats raccoons pests. Or get mad when they get in their flowers. Like how entitled can one human be?
@@Questofthenight Yeah some humans are annoying as fuck.
Thank you!!!
Suit, not suite...😅🙆🏻♀️
@@GypsyGirl317 do you feel better now? You know they say people that feel the need to correct people especially in a casual setting like social media are compensating for their lack of smarts. It’s egotistical and elitist. You understood what they were saying just fine.
You weren’t correcting to be helpful, you were being condescending and it’s not cute.
I have up there a few times for holidays and its a beautiful part of Australia but like a lot of areas in Australia you must respect and be aware of the environment and surroundings and everything will be ok
Weren’t Australian crocodiles at endangered levels in the 70’s?…
Yes until the Irwins went all out on fighting the government and others to protect certain areas. Steve sunk a lot of his money in pirchased 100,000 acres of remote land in several places. Terri had to fight back and forth for years to gain control. There were land developers of course paying off government officials probably getting injunctions on her. I think she finally just in the past few years won. It is just like in the USA alligators were critically endangered. They put a ban on. All hunting for about thirty years and the population boomed. Now they are back in even higher numbers than they were originally in some places and states had to reintroduce tag systems to allow hunting again.
Yeah they were being poisoned by toads 🐸
He literally talks about it at 3:12 lol
Going into Crocs water at night is the dumbest idea ever. I mean, what in the actual world did they think they were doing?
Probably just having fun with a belly full of piss. I'm sure you have done dumb things when drunk.
I know I’m not going anywhere near any body of water in Australia. Seems like common sense to me.
@@ryanmullins2103 Well not really common sense. There are plenty of beautiful and safe places to swim in Australia.
Killing animals so humans can swim!!! I mean what’s wrong with ppl?
Humans are garbage
Has to be a balance
Exactly! It's so sad. If people want to swim then they can go to a swimming pool!!
Animal just does what its nature is, insanely horrible story but avoidable. That said, animal has to be regulated, people first. The idea of people paying for tags is the solution, economy builder and the money goes back to land and animal conservation efforts. That beach wasn’t known for crocodiles but they have legs, they swim, they travel.
No, not people first. We're not the only important ones in this planet and thinking we are is killing the earth.
Put your hands in a bee hive expect to get stung
I wouldn't swim, or go in the water, anywhere in Australia unless it's a swimming pool....fenced in!
With a roof and look out towers 😮
It's sad for sure, but being stupidly ignorant about croc warnings often comes with an ultimate price...
It was great to see Terry again😎
Yikes. This has to be the scariest thing ever. Eaten by a 🦕, alive.
They drown you first, so at least you're not eaten alive.
I couldn't help but feel this woman,but unfortunately Crocodiles don't have any human trates and all the see us as food.
",traits"
Only a person with a death wish would want to wade in waters off a beach in Northern Australia at night
I couldn't imagine living around Crocs without both eyes open. I live on the outskirts of New Orleans Louisiana by the swamps and we have alligators everywhere which I fear! I know that Crocs are much worse. 🙏 Stay safe!!
How awful, I can’t nor want to imagine what that was like to watch or experience. To people
talking out the side of their necks, STOP being so damn disrespectful, for real, be grown. If it was you or your loved ones, god forbid, I don’t think you would appreciate the comments. Stop being messy 😒
I so much agree with you! Thank you for being a decent human.
I bet she let go and got out of the water immediately. No way she went under water to look for her and im not saying she should have because it's a fkn crocodile. But her story sounds like horse shit to me. And why do animals always pay for human stupidity? Killing the croc is just pathetic
She got bit, too, on her arm, so I’m not sure we can say she just turned tail and left.
Oh my goodness 😢 Crocodiles are ferocious creatures, great predators but so dangerous 😢
I can feel Leeann's pain watching this ! So Tragic and im so sorry for Cindy's loss ! Godbless ! 🙏🏴
The Swamp People reality show needs to film here!
dont wade in the water at night in croc country that simple
Or day time for that matter
The story is sad & tragic but I can’t think why anyone let alone Native Aussies would enter the sea or waterholes , River at night or day in the Northern part of the country , absolutely madness , you can’t blame an animal in its natural habitat , also the sea there is home to Box jellyfish, Great white , Tiger & Bull sharks, even Steve Irwin wouldn’t have done that .
@@samuraininjarockstar9355 no you don't get great whites in the north U get bull sharks an Tigger sharks
the women are idiots for not knowing and understanding the dangers of the environment they chose to holiday in
THANK YOU.
In Port Douglas you can only swim in the netted area. That's a beach adjacent to a town, so it's incredible to think these ladies got into the water in a remote area of the Daintree.
The hunter in the video is going to say Cull them, he’s thinking of his bank balance , I’m definitely on the side of the Irwin family .
@samuraininjarockstar9355 The Irwin family isnt thinking about their bank balance?? 😳
Do you have any idea how much of a capitalistic commercial operation Australia Zoo is?
Even eating lunch there is twice as bad as the airport.
Remote location very few people. Sounds like a great place to swim at night. What could possibly go wrong?
God forgive me, but reading this literally made me lmfao😂🤣
Nothing can actually “go” wrong … one won’t live to tell the story 😱🫣😓
Imagine experiencing this, how does one cope and move forward.
Croc was killed which is also just as tragic, wonder how old he was to be 4m long.
In cairns we have them in the suburbs
Hardly
😂😂😂😂😂
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY SAD. I live in the States. I actually had a dream that alligators were chasing me and trying to eat me the other night. Not making this up. It was frightening. I can only imagine the terror these two ladies went through. My prayers are with them and their family's. 😢
Why does it matter that you're in the States,?
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Why do you need to tell the world where you live, is it relevant or necessary?????
Anywhere from about Rockhampton upwards are big croc and tiger sharks is another big one in Queensland too
These crocodiles have just as much right to be here as we do.❤
I would never swim in the sea at night in Australia.
Day or night … could be just as dangerous, especially in these remote areas …sadly these
two friends, found out, in the most tragic way 😢
That will happen when you share nature with animals that are capable if hunting humans.. I don't blame a bear attacking a human in the woods. Stay out of the woods.
It's not that simple crocodiles will hunt on the land as well and will take you out of a boat.
Crocodiles are instinctive. They choose to watch and wait for whatever they truly desire, something we as humans fail to do. My backyard back's up to a croc river in Northern Australia. A fight to win Territorial rights is a spectacular sight to watch. I am so sorry for your loss lady. I instantly lost my partner in 2021 not by the jaws of a croc but by a bus driver speeding through a pedestrian crossing.
Sorry for your loss.
What though? Regarding crocs?
The fearmongering is almost embarrassing 😂 so croc levels are coming back to what they were before humans almost wiped them off earth!
Its croc country, dont go near the water, simple! Hence why there are pools everywhere!
Did they legitimately edit in big cat roars? 😂 sounded like they tried to make the crocs roar like lions
Have you looked at what the introduction of the cane toad has done to the imbalance of the eco system? Stupid comment at this point.
I'm sorry but as an aussie this is unbelievably stupid and an unnecessary tragedy, even worse they were from croc country themselves and still did this! So sad
This lady was insanely brave to not only battle the croc in an ultimately futile attempt to save her friend but to then continue diving beneath the surface (at night!) in desperate hope of somehow spotting her friend down there, despite the high risk to her own life.
What a sad story.
She’s lucky there wasn’t a second hungry croc in area
She was just drunk and in shock with extremely lowered inhibitions. Not brave.
Just stay out of their territory and they will not eat you !! Simple!!
thats to much like common sense to some people
Crocodiles are known to eat new prey animals in front of the prey’s herd and specie.
Quick story, my dad has a South African friend who loved exploring Africa and had a huge passion of big cats. He followed a specific Lion pride in Zimbabwe that was lead by three brothers and several females. A total of roughly 13 lions were in the pride. After coming back 8 months from his last visit, the pride was down to 7 and when he was watching one of the scared brothers cross a river, it was pulled under by what he described to be “the biggest croc I’ve ever seen, I thought it was a dinosaur.”
A SINGLE 17 foot bull Nile Croc had tagged the lions and decimated the pride so much that they had to move territories. The attacks started because the lions used to ambush prey near the river/swamp. The croc saw this and started ambushing the lions when they were in the midst of ambushing buffalo and antelope. They had no chance because the croc was much stronger than any lion on this planet.
Truly a terrifying animal that makes the king of the jungle look like a house cat and actively hunts them.
But 1 of my friend also saw that and he told me story a year back this happened, when 3 lion kill 15 ft nile crocodile
Y would anyone, knowing there r crocs in that area, put themselves in such danger? Some humans have no common sense.
Night or day, alligators or crocs, they stalk any animal, child or grandmother. There are 30,000 alligators just in lake Okeechobee in Florida. I was terrified living in Florida with children and pets. When the hurricanes spread water, no place is safe. I believe it is absolutely out of control. Let the people who need the meat harvest what they need. Every river, every pond or drainage ditch is like a ticking time bomb. It reminds me of dinosaurs that ambush on the loose. It really is the same thing.😮
Maybe stick to that pretend free country
Hence, the reality show Swamp People. I approve of them since they hunt for survival and summer income since they are local people in Louisiana, Florida and Texas.
They were there before you lol yearssss before you
Elizabeth, you’re ridiculous 🙄 On average, there are 7 unprovoked gator attacks a year in FLA, which has a population of almost 23 MILLION people. Not even all result in death, or serious injury….so save your “save the kids & pets” hysterics ma’am & leave those alligators alone. Calling it a “ticking time bomb” is legitimately unhinged.
I live in South Florida. The gators were here first.
Crocodiles can live further down Qld if they wanted to. One was found in the logan river, thats not to far from the Gold Coast. But humans won't allow it. The larger the croc the more I think they should be protected, not hunted when they've survived that long to reach that size. Seems disrespectful.
Dark water scares me , sometimes I’m grateful for random fears I have. Some people just don’t see how situations can be really dangerous and I’ll never understand that
I understand in that they were not used to those beaches as most beaches in Australia are quite safe if you go shallow at night. Alcohol also would have been a main contributing factor.
If she moved up too Cairns surely you’d know that crocs can be in shallow waters too, like how did she not know this? I’m from Vic and I know this
Human invasion... not croc or animal invasion.
Common sense and safety regulations are on a downward spiral... Government and authorities need to pull up their socks in maintaining basic safety regulations and natural habitat... Big Time.
They didnt just suddenly end up in deep water, they walked out to it deliberately, right? What were they thinking
Why in the seven hells would anyone think it’s a good idea to go swimming in the dark of the night? This is just downright tragic for both the women but also the crocs themselves.
Because it’s a way to villainise them. It reminds me of what the author of Jaws said on a national geographic documentary that if he had known what Great Whites were like he never could have written Jaws.
This is the same with crocodiles, they aren’t out there planning people’s demises, they are something that reacts. They don’t think what you are, it’s snap at anything.
I had the absolute pleasure of feeding a croc as a kid (you know the chicken on the line) and seeing this gorgeous animal slowly move underneath the chicken, raise his head and then leap up to grab it, had a profound impact on me.
I introduced my niece’s to crcodiles about a year ago, at Butterfly Creek and the croc had zero interest in putting on a show that day, even though seeing him boredly come out of the water and open his jaws, as an artist I was flawed.
I asked if he wasn’t very hungry and they said no, but he usually is fairly keen.
And if you’d like another amazing fact about crocodiles, their blood contains an anti-bacterial component which stops Crocs dying of infection. Medicla Science is still trying to synthesise it.
One day I hope I can do the encounter with a crocodile, where you are in a glass cage at one of the aquariums, get up close and personal to a great big salty. That I admire.
I have had to take blood from crcos as a work experience, and it only fueled my fascinaiton further.
I don’t thing culling them is going to save the problem, coexsisting is the only way to do things. But, we always need a villain, need I remind everyone of The Tasmanian Tiger 😢.
Idk why no one ever mentioned alcohol as a likely contributor. Changes everything
Wild life must be protected!!! If you wanna swim get a swimming pool
RIP and thoughts to the lady but if people are complaining about crocodiles in remote areas then they don't want them to live anywhere. The hicks should just cut the BS about "numbers" and just admit to wanting to wipe them out. I'm sure around 1% of hatchlings reach adulthood so nature already has a system for them. Also, last time I checked, humans aren't amphibious, so we ALWAYS have a choice to avoid them.
The "Hicks". So you live in a cosy city by the sounds if it. In which case you have no business running your mouth.
I remember hearing people talking about this, the story always stuck with me. Very sad. Never go in the water early morning or at night.
Why anyone would swim anywhere in or around Australia is mind boggling.
Im so sorry this lady lost her friend and was with her fighting like a savage to save her. So heartbreaking. I can understand her trauma. Its a living nightmare that will never leave her memory. I truly hope she's better now. ❤
Common sense is 2 drunk girls should stay out of crocodile infested waters at night
Yup!
I am sorry that she lost her arm, and it is sad the other woman died, RIP.
She didn't lose her arm.
This is nonsense; as a 74yr old Australian & Queenslander I’ve known for the majority of my life you don’t enter any waters in late afternoon, night, or early morning - it just isn’t safe. Predators such as crocodiles and sharks have a right to exist and as humans we need to respect their space.
4m ! Thats massive.
What an horrific experience for her friend, she will relive that for the rest of her life.
I'm always sorry for any unnecessary loss of a life, specially when it's completely avoidable. This lady speaks about common sense, but showed a massive lack thereof: You're in the wild, not Disney World. You went into the territory of crocodiles who have been going about the business of their lives for millions of years, don't blame them for your lack of responsibility. As for the animal slaughter freaks: crocs keep our ecosystem in balance, you want to compound the damage done by all your ignorant, short-sighted predecessors. You lose.
All these people blaming the women and calling them stupid need to keep their nasty thoughts to themselves.
They went there because their friend had a place there, so for all we know, they've been there before many times with no problems. I could see how familiarity of a place and lack of previous problems could make people underestimate the potential danger.
Note that @22:58 they even say THERE HAD NEVER BEEN AN ATTACK THERE BEFORE and that NOW there are warning signs. (So presumably there weren't signs there before.)
Look, we've all done foolish things that could have turned out badly for us if luck hadn't been on our side at the time. So we should show a little respect and empathy for what these poor women went through and keep our judgy, holier-than-thou opinions to ourselves.
This!!
Thank you.❤😊🌿👍🏽🙆🏻♀️
Every Australian knows northern beaches dangerous.
Everyone. This was dumb not a silly mistake.
And l not from the north.
Everyone makes mistakes in life, no one has a right to judge others for a horrendous accident. Haters will hate. All my sympathy and compassion for this poor lady and her friend😢
Even if no one had been attacked there before, it doesn't mean that it can't happen! There shouldn't have to be signs warning about Crocs! It's common sense! Also, everyone is entitled to their opinion. The ladies made a stupid decision, and because of it, a croc had to die. 😡
STFU! You don’t even know what you’re talking about! That’s one of the dumbest responses ever! “Oh yeah she gets to do what she wants…. Well that’s what happens when you enter an Apex predators domain day…. Or night…. Do us all a favor and go take a dip yourself in crocodile territory!
Love the croc guys attitude, geezer.
I really liked her until she said its common sense to kill the crocodile thats literally in its home
Well they did enter their territory. Everyone in NQ knows the risks as there are signs everywhere. Even small resivorses, creeks and swaps carry the risk of crocs
Make this make sense!!! They live in Australia, they know the dangers?!? Why would they dare go near the water! 💔🚩
I’m so sorry they went through this, but in cairns and surrounds I wouldn’t even walk on the beach let alone go In the water. Why do people have this false sense of confidence?
Because they live in cities, and they forget we share this planet at all, let alone with animals dangerous to us. The increase in tourist idiocy in US national parks since the pandemic has been astounding. The number of visitors went way up and they seem to think the bison and bears and mountain goats etc. are animals in a petting zoo, with predictable results.
It's unfair to demonise crocs like this. A very sad thing happened, but going into that water at that time was a very foolhardy risk to take. 🩵🐊
RIP Cindy 🕊️
Trophy hunting is barbaric. Absolutely disgraceful.
FOOLHARDY....EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...
THERE ARE SALTWATER CROCODILE WARNING SIGNS IN PLACE...
If sharks could come up on the beach and eat us we wouldn't go to that beach. Why take a chance with these crocs?! 🤷♀️
I’m sorry that a life was lost and it’s a horrible situation but common sense is not going in water at night in places like that.
I don’t even swim in the water at daytime in north/far north QLD
Sorry that poor woman was taken, but, she must of known their were risks... if not a croc than a shark, especially at night....
Unfortunate, but it was very avoidable.
What a great friend. ❤
My heart breaks for this woman losing her best friend. I too lost my best friend last year. She and I did crazy things but this would never be one of them. An animal should not have to lose its life because humans put themselves at risk. I'm sure crocs are killed to retrieve the remains of the human for family and closure.
That’s just horrific 😔
Normally, like you'd often find in comment sections like these, I'd make a point to mention how silly these people are for getting themselves into situations like these, but after hearing this woman speak about it, especially the attack, all I feel is absolute sympathy for her :.(
I live in England, and don’t feel the need to go swimming in bodies of water. Why, when it’s known that crocodiles are present in Australia, do people not just stay out of the water?
My heart goes out to all the victims, and the crocs who are just trying to live their lives.
Imma gonna continue to stay away from areas with Crocs.
People should always be cautious and know the risks,that's a human mistake. Yet there are hunting seasons for many animals. I don't want to see humans go crazy and not have laws but the over population of any animal can be fatal. Where is the protection for people as well as animals/reptiles! I love reptiles but there has to be a balance
Crocs survived the end of the dinosaurs, we pose no challenge to them one on one. I read somewhere the pre-industrial man and crocs had a truce of sorts as they recognised each others as cunning predators in their respective elements. Alas, many people nowadays think a smartphone makes them indestructible
100,000 Salties roaming about in the Northern Territory seems a bit excessive, in terms of conservation! How many crocodiles do you need?
There are over a million alligators and crocodiles far South in Florida.....
Humans are something else smh “100,000 crocs seems a bit excessive. It’s not like they’ve laid claim to this land nearly 100 million years ago, or anything. It should totally be up to us how many get the opportunity to live” God complex getting a bit outta control, isn’t it sir?
They were here first.
In terms of conservation? Bro what? Humans are not the only animals on this planet. You want them to be culled so you can go swim? GIVE ME A BREAK
@@Questofthenight Calm down, mate. Who said I wanted them culled? Now, go and untwist your panties... 👍