A monster was killed!!

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Originally posted by SCReptiles
Once these things become verified man-eaters, they have to be put down. Sure capturing them and putting them in a zoo sounds good on paper, but someone still has to care for them in captivity and by this point they have already began to associate people with food. The risk is too gate to keepers. Enough keepers are injured as is, we don’t need to put them in the position of cleaning up for man-eaters. One slip and fall, keeper is dead. The risk does not justify the outcome.

I have a theory I want to put forth, would like you guys more experienced in crocs then I am to comment. Crocs growth through out the duration of their life. So, the larger crocs must be very old. Seems many of these crocs are known man-eaters. Case in point the world record salty listed in the record book. He was a known man-eater. And for the minute we will assume this report is true that this one was a man-eater. Look at the teeth of this guy, you know he was old. I am thinking perhaps these animals are at the end of their lives and not quite as strong as they once were. Taking down a wildebeest or buffalo is a pretty tall order. Perhaps the larger, older crocs take to man-eating because they are an easy target and put up little resistance. Any other opinions on this?

Yes, old lions and other animals will hunt humans because we would be a nice size meal and have little to no natural deffence against an attack. These animals are all opertunistic so giving the opertunity to kill a human for consumption I dont see any reason not to.