Hopeless: Rangers search for the body of Sean Cole who was taken by a crocodile on Mary River. The comments below have not been moderated. Sean Cole, an IT worker from Darwin, had been celebrating a friend's 30th birthday on Saturday at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat, about halfway between Darwin and Kakadu National Park, when he was snatched by the five-metre long saltwater crocodile. The body of a 26-year-old man attacked by a crocodile in the Northern Territory has been found in the Mary River. He was one of two male partygoers swimming across the muddy river about 3pm.
''When you get here, you are told there are crocs, that the river is full of them. This morning his body, along with that of the crocodile believed to have killed him, floated to the surface of the river, said river wildlife ranger Tom Nichols.
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The area is known to have highest density of saltwater crocodiles in the world. She said the two men went swimming somewhere between the accommodation block and the nearby Arnhem Highway bridge but she was unsure exactly where, and that they would have been well aware of the dangers of venturing into the water.
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Secret Soviet death rays. The saltwater crocodiles of the Northern Territory are among the deadliest species on earth, likened in their ferocity to the great white shark. ‘It just seemed extremely out of character for him.’. He was swimming across the river when he was dragged under water by a crocodile in a manoeuvre known as a ‘death roll’.
The friend then watched helplessly as a huge crocodile grabbed hold of the man and pulled him under.
A crocodile was waiting for Mr Cole, and his friends watched helplessly from the bank as it grabbed him between its jaws and dragged him under the surface about 4pm on Saturday. Northern Watch Commander Peter Lindfield said water police were on the scene searching for the missing man with the help of Parks and Wildlife rangers in the hope that he might have been able to break free from the crocodile's jaws and swim to the river bank. His body was found early this morning, not far from where he was last seen. Don't swim. Police thanked members of the public and staff from the Mary River Wilderness Retreat for their help during the search.
Man, 26, grabbed by a huge crocodile and killed while swimming in infested waters in Australia. Infested: The calm waters hide the hundreds of crocodile living in the Mary River. The crocodile was one of four that rangers shot in the hours after the attack. We have never had an attack before this.''. 'The tragedy here is that everybody knows that the river is dangerous - there are more crocs in it than any other river in the Northern Territory. Reality twins Jess and Eve Gale flout the Rule of Six as they party among a group of EIGHT Love Island stars... Is this £600 facial as good as a face lift? A few small groups of campers remained by the river. ‘People know they shouldn’t swim there but they let their guard down,’ he said. 'There's nothing much I can say, it's just a tragedy,' one of the campers said.
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