Sweetheart (crocodile)

Sweetheart (crocodile)

Sweetheart was the name given to a crocodile responsible for a series of attacks on boats in Australia between 1974 and 1979. Sweetheart attacked outboard motors, dinghies, and fishing boats. In July 1979, Sweetheart was finally caught by a team from the Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission, but died soon after capture. The crocodile's body and skeleton are now a major display at the Northern Territory Museum and Art Galleries of the N.T. [http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/sweetheart/index.html]

The story of Sweetheart has been taken with some poetic license by director Greg McLean, of "Wolf Creek" fame and made into a movie called "Rogue".

References

Col Stringer. "The Saga of Sweetheart : The Frightening But True Story of the Giant Rogue Crocodile Who Attacked Over 15 Boats on a N.T. River During the 1970s". Adventure Publications, 1986.

External links

[http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/museums/sweetheart/index.html Sweetheart now a museum display]


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