The metre-long female crocodile was found jammed against a fence by the Umina home owners while they were doing some work in the yard on Sunday
abc.net.au/news/crocodile-found-in-backyard-of-home-on-nsw-central-coast/102286270A freshwater crocodile discovered in the backyard of a home on the New South Wales Central Coast has been captured.Strict conditions apply to anyone wanting to keep such an animalEly Curry-Babushkin found the metre-long crocodile jammed against a fence in his dad's backyard at Umina on Sunday."I thought it was a toy to begin with — I didn't think it was actually alive," he said.
Australian Reptile Park operations manager and crocodile keeper Billy Collett said calls were sometimes fielded from people who thought they had "crocs in their yard", but they were "usually water dragons or blue-tongues"."Freshies aren't regarded as being extremely dangerous but they can give you a really nasty bite," Mr Collett said.
"She was in the water, swimming around. She went up to her basking area to get a bit of heat … [as] she was quite cold," he said.
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