Their cuts are thoroughly cleaned.
Killer infections are a real danger.
They go in as boys but they come out as men
- crocodile men with the power to summon the great reptiles.
The scars on their back represent the animal's scales
while their chests have become the crocodile's eyes.
If the animal you most fear might be watching your every move,
any act of appeasement is worth trying.
And New Guinea wasn't the last stop for saltwater crocodiles in the South Pacific.