Crocodile Attacks Chainsaw in Australia

Fri Apr 28, 8:14 AM ET

SYDNEY, Australia - A 14 1/2-foot crocodile mauled a chainsaw a worker was using Friday to clear up debris left by a tropical storm that lashed northern Australia. While the croc and worker were both uninjured, the saw's woodcutting days are over.

Freddy Buckland was cutting up a tree that fell against a crocodile enclosure at the Corroboree Park Tavern, 50 miles east of the northern port city of Darwin when the crocodile, called Brutus, apparently took exception to the chainsaw's noise and attacked.

"As he was trimming up the tree on the outside the croc jumped out of the water and sped along the tree about 18, 20 feet and actually grabbed the chainsaw out of his hands," said Peter Shappert, the tavern's owner.

"It must have been the noise ... I don't think he was actually trying to grab Freddy, but I'm not sure. He had a fair go at him ... I think he just grabbed the first thing he could and it happened to be the chainsaw," Shappert added.

Neither Buckland nor Brutus were injured.

The saltwater crocodile, which Shappert said he now is considering renaming Two-stroke in honor of the saw's fuel, appeared to like the snack.

"He chewed on the chainsaw for about an hour-and-a-half, then we finally got it out," Shappert said, adding that the saw was destroyed when it finally was retrieved from Brutus' giant jaws.

Saltwater crocodiles have been known to attack small power boats, apparently because they do not like the noise of outboard motors.

I don't blame Old Croc one little bit, it's much quieter in LOS .............

Bit similar to an experience we witnessed at australia zoo, a few years ago, steve Irwin was mowing the grass , in one of the enclosures, when a huge saltwater croc called Agro jumped out of the water and grabbed the lawn mower, and took it back into the pond, some one must have caught the incident on camera , because a few days later it was on TV, nignoy

Perhaps the poor crocs are underfed and it jumped out of the water thinking that the chain saw was part of the food chain.......

chain saw, food chain.....oh forget it...don't get up, I know my way out.

Send those motorcycle two stroke daredevil down this "CROCS: way.

Thought this was about old croc??

me too

So did I...

This was a poor attempt to keep it in topic..

I don't blame Old Croc one little bit, it's much quieter in LOS

totster

So did I...

This was a poor attempt to keep it in topic..

I don't blame Old Croc one little bit, it's much quieter in LOS

totster

What's the topic. Chainsaws in LOS... now there's a pet hate o' mine.

So did I.

(I think Khall started it after I had a little dig at one her threads a little earlier! )

Me too...

Me three....

So you WERE having a go at me Old Croc C'mon me ol' mate let's kiss and make up?

Me three....

So you WERE having a go at me Old Croc C'mon me ol' mate let's kiss and make up?

Me three....

So you WERE having a go at me Old Croc C'mon me ol' mate let's kiss and make up?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!!!!