Australia's only pet crocodile' surprises firemen after blaz
Apr 28, 2017 6:04:09 GMT 7
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Post by Soutpeel on Apr 28, 2017 6:04:09 GMT 7
Australia's only pet crocodile' surprises firemen after blaze guts home where he has lived since 1958
Firefighters in northern Australia rushed to a blazing house and were surprised to discover a 13-foot crocodile – named Albert - which is 70 years old and lives in the backyard.
The crocodile was caught by Jack Haritos, a renowned hunter in the northern city of Darwin who famously accompanied the Duke of Edinburgh as he hunted and killed his first crocodile in 1956. Mr Haritos apparently had the skin taken to a taxidermist and sent it to Prince Philip in London.
The tale of Albert's provenance begins in 1958 - or so the tale goes - when Mr Haritos was at a party in Darwin where a guest asked him for a crocodile. He went and caught Albert – a deadly saltwater crocodile - in a nearby river, but the guest had sobered up and no longer wanted it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/27/australias-pet-crocodile-13-foot-albert-surprises-firefighters/
Firefighters in northern Australia rushed to a blazing house and were surprised to discover a 13-foot crocodile – named Albert - which is 70 years old and lives in the backyard.
The crocodile was caught by Jack Haritos, a renowned hunter in the northern city of Darwin who famously accompanied the Duke of Edinburgh as he hunted and killed his first crocodile in 1956. Mr Haritos apparently had the skin taken to a taxidermist and sent it to Prince Philip in London.
The tale of Albert's provenance begins in 1958 - or so the tale goes - when Mr Haritos was at a party in Darwin where a guest asked him for a crocodile. He went and caught Albert – a deadly saltwater crocodile - in a nearby river, but the guest had sobered up and no longer wanted it.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/27/australias-pet-crocodile-13-foot-albert-surprises-firefighters/
