Meet Giant Croc Who Became Celebrity After Eating Shark Alive

Meet Brutus, a giant crocodile, who became a real reptilian celebrity after being photographed eating a shark, the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory of Australia.

       

                      Brutus was spotted on camera while digging his teeth in a body of a bull shark 

Brutus whose length 5.5-meters was spotted on camera while digging his teeth in a body of a bull shark and immediately attracted international attention. The 80-year-old is known on the river tours for his huge size and the fact that he has a front leg missing – believed to have lost during a fight with a shark.

The 80-year-old is known on the river tours for his huge size and the fact that he has a front leg missingThe 80-year-old is known on the river tours for his huge size and the fact that he has a front leg missing

Despite his venerable age and two-tonne weight Brutus quite often pleases tourists with high and unexpected jumps from water. Now the Adelaide River Cruises has no end of those who wants to take a glance of the unusual creature.

One of the Adelaide River Cruises workers said,

^{“We get a lot of requests about Brutus.”}

“We get a lot of requests about Brutus. We get many phone calls, are you the one who has Brutus? Have we got the right tour to see Brutus? You could say he’s a local celebrity. He’s been with us for quite a few years, we can’t guarantee that he’ll come out at every cruise, but he makes appearances pretty regularly.”

^{When tourists see him they’re pretty awed}

When tourists see him they’re pretty awed. A lot of people who come on these cruises haven’t seen a crocodile before. To see them in the wild up so close, I think they’re awed. It’s like seeing a dinosaur really, that’s what a lot of them say.”