Tourists watch as croc eats shark
Two tourist groups in northern Australia got an unexpected bonus -- the sight of a large saltwater crocodile making a meal of a bull shark.
Dean Cameron, a guide on one of the tour boats in Kakadu National Park, told The Northern Territory News the shark was about 10 feet long, although that was just an estimate because it was already in two pieces. The crocodile was more than 15 feet from snout to tip of tail.
The two boats, each carrying about 45 passengers, were on the appropriately named South Alligator River when the crocodile and its catch were spotted at about 8:15 a.m. Thursday.
"Nearly 100 people saw it all ... and they were jumping for joy," he said. "They said this had made their Kakadu trip."
Cameron said crocodiles catch sharks fairly often, and he spots one about once a year. He said sharks frequently swim far up freshwater rivers in the area where the "saltie' is at the top of the food chain.
"With the wildlife here you just don't know what you'll get to see," he said. "That's the beauty of it."
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