Monster croc snacks on surprised shark

BEN SMEE NT NEWS AUGUST 05, 2014 3:03PM

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This large bull shark might have thought it was safe to go back in the water. But he didn’t count on Brutus, Adelaide River’s most famous and fearsome resident, who showed the shark who was the true king of the waterway.

The 5.5-metre croc has become an international sensation, one of the Top End’s biggest tourist drawcards and a frequent star of the NT News.

Brutus, who is thought to be more than 80 years old, is also known for his missing front leg. The story goes that the limb was lost in a shark attack.

“We’d fed Brutus on the bank earlier and were coming back past and we saw something in his mouth,” Mr Paice said.

“The shark was still alive. Brutus took the shark back into the water and then started to shake it around a bit.