Man rescued from jaws of crocodile in Australia's remote northeast

Australia is notorious for croc attacks. Lucky to survive. Next time I'd suggest a pool.

Shame crocodile dundee wasn’t there.

“Commendable, Fearless Heroism” by the older Aussie ‘veteran’, to risk his own life to safe a comrade in distress !!

“No man left behind!” is an inspirational motto of many of the world’s protectors. -

A couple of "Crocodile Dundees" swimming in saltie waters sounds like a bit of Ozzie macho showmanship. Now they've surely learned their lesson: you don't want to mess with these magnificent creatures on their home turf.

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Who’s learnt their lesson, the crocs or the blokes?

I'm told that sharks most often spit out Humans after 'tasting' us. If true, I guess all of the Corporate poisons we contain have some 'benefit' after all. But, swimming in waters with crocs? Must have been a city-bred 'enlisted man' and we have never been known for our good sense... and at only 2.5 meters, the croc was probably a juvie with no more sense than the Human. Well, at least a good story when sitting around the barbie getting soused and the grandkids ask what all those weird marks are... and LARGE kudos to his Dundee minded mate who won't be buying his own beer for what should be a long time... Good on ya, Mait!

I wouldn't swim in shark-country, piranha-country, croc-country, or any country where something is going to try and eat me when I enter the water.

Are there warning signs that crocs are there? If there were, then these two surely are at fault. If there were no signs, then there should be.

Glad they survived regardless, but crocs attacking humans usually end up on our hit list for later.

Will they put down this saltie? I heard that is what they do if a croc attacks humans. Does not matter who is in whose territory.

Lucky for them an army medic was near by, it could have been totaly differant, he could have blead out. lucky man.

Are there warning signs that crocs are there? If there were, then these two surely are at fault. If there were no signs, then there should be.

Knowing there are big "salties" in the waters of Cape York is like breathing. Everyone knows there big man eating crocs in those waters. I was well aware of the threat long before landing in Cairns from articles much like this one. And the Aussies like to tease me that the Crocs liked plump grain fed Yanks best of all !

I stopped swimming in the river across from where I was renting in Florida after Fish and Game pulled a 14 foot long alligator out of the water right where I liked to swim. Just up the river from there Fish and Game shot another gator and when they did the necropsy they found dozens of dog collars in its gut. Don't take any chances with crocs or gators. They are remorseless eating machines.

People are dumb, the swamp and oceans will kill you! This is why that kind of situation would never happen to me.

Someone must have been removed the No Swimming Crocodile Warning Signpot.

I hope they will recover quickly from the Croc attacked.