[00:00.65]Only a large crocodile would be capable of inflicting such a horrific injury
[00:05.21]The village chief confirmed
[00:07.0]that attacks on both the villagers and their livestock were on the increase
[00:10.76]With displaced crocodiles now encroaching on villages,
[00:14.57]there appeared to be a growing conflict
[00:16.22]To learn more about these problem crocodiles,
[00:19.74]the team headed to the Solomons' capital,Honiara-
[00:21.93]headquarters for the international peacekeeping force ——
[00:25.18]policing both the islanders and their crocodiles
[00:28.1]So the large crocodiles have good reason to be camera-shy
[00:31.59]Hunted down,only the wiliest crocs survive
[00:35.1]It seemed that the team's best chance was away from people
[00:38.27]The peacekeepers had recommended the wild and mostly uninhabited coast of Guadalcanal
[00:43.88]On the tip-off of a large crocodile seen laying up on this lonely stretch of beach
[00:49.1]Wade set up his camera hide one last time and the long wait began
[00:54.0]Yet it was at dawn,
[00:54.96]after a three-day vigil,
[00:57.10]that an impressive, three-metre crocodile finally appeared
[01:01.1]In the end,Wade only managed to record a few minutes of footage of these camera-shy giants
[01:06.31]But these images were proof of the existence of large saltwater crocodiles in the Solomons
[01:11.87]- the last living legends in the South Pacific——