[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—— |
[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 camerashy |
[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 tipoff 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 threeday vigil, |
[00:57.10] | that an impressive, threemetre crocodile finally appeared |
[01:01.1] | In the end, Wade only managed to record a few minutes of footage of these camerashy 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 |
[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 camerashy |
[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 tipoff 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 threeday vigil, |
[00:57.10] | that an impressive, threemetre crocodile finally appeared |
[01:01.1] | In the end, Wade only managed to record a few minutes of footage of these camerashy 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 |