A boy managed to escape from a crocodile that lurked just inches away from him in a picturesque lagoon in Western Australia’s far north.
A video has emerged of two boys tempting fate at the water’s edge as they quickly realised something was not right in what is peak crocodile breeding season.
The footage, captured in Kununurra in the Kimberley region, shows one of the boys wading down to the water’s edge and picking up what appears to be a small water lily, apparently unaware of the stealthy freshwater crocodile approaching him.
“That lily pad just moved,” he said in the video.
“That lily pad was coming towards us, bubbles were coming out. It was literally coming closer. Look, right there.”
A crocodile is then seen silently poking its head out of the water, with its snout and eyes barely visible.
The frightened boys continued to chat, but none of them ventured back into the water to investigate further.
It is the second crocodile to be shaved in the space of a month after a scare suffered by a small child and a group of people who were… Fishing at Cahill’s Crossing in the NT.
A stealthy freshwater crocodile flies past two children playing at the water’s edge in a lagoon in Western Australia.
The young man tempts fate at the water’s edge with a deadly predator just inches away.
The images showed there were around a dozen large crocodiles within 50 metres of the tourist group.
The woman who shared the video on TikTok lashed out at the group of viewers.
“This is why tourists are eaten by crocodiles,” he said in the video, which was taken from higher ground.
A similar scene occurred at Cahill’s Crossing earlier this year, when an ABC reporter also expressed concern after seeing people loitering on the embankment.
This act was condemned by Kakadu National Park staff.
The release of the Kununurra video also prompted a warning from Western Australia’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions about potential dangers lurking in the murky waters.
“People should always be wary of crocodiles in northern Western Australia,” a spokesperson told Yahoo, adding that it is now peak crocodile breeding season.
Freshwater crocodiles breed during the dry season, between July and October.