Crocodile Gets Invite In A Bar

June 26, 2008
A two-foot saltwater crocodile wandered in the front door of an Outback watering hole and got an invite from drinkers at the pub.

The young croc seemed harmless to the drinkers, so they invited the animal inside at the Noonamah Tavern on Sunday where they taped its mouth and took pictures of them holding it, before placing it a box.

Saltwater crocodiles are aggressive hunters and can grow to over 16 feet and are known to attack humans. It almost became extinct, but a conservation policy in the 1970s saw its population flourishing again in Australia's tropical north.

Barmaid Sarah Sparre told a local television station, "You could say we were a bit surprised. He was pretty complacent, easygoing. But we weren't going to test him out."

She believed the animal could have escaped from an animal farm several miles away. Wildlife officials arrived later to collect the crocodile and took it to the farm.