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The Australian saltwater crocodile or saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) can be found across northern Australia, and further north from here. Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, all the way to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and India, and everything in between. They can travel over a thousand kilometers of ocean, which explains their wide distribution. But only the people of Australia and PNG are stable. Illegal hunting and habitat destruction have severely depleted their numbers elsewhere. Australian saline crocodile is the largest reptiles in the world in the mass (may be more than 1000 kg), and the largest crocodile with a certified measurement. Males can reach a length of up to 6 or 7 meters (2.5 to 3 m for women), but such a size is rare. In fact, some 5 meters rare, but there is more than sufficient yet. This is a large main bearing species with a heavy set of jaws and the jaws can exert a pressure of several tons. "Salties" we "Aussies" call these Australian crocodiles eat mainly small reptiles, fish, turtles, wading birds, etc ... but they can also kill and eat much larger prey. They are known for taking wild boar, buffalo, and even live stock such as cattle and horses. The name saltwater crocodile is misleading. Salties can live in brackish water along the coasts, but is just as happy in freshwater rivers, swamps and billabongs many hundreds of kilometers inland. Breeding and rearing of young saltwater crocodile is actually happening in freshwater. Between November and March, the female lays 40-60 eggs in a nest made of plant materials and mud on a riverbank. The location of the Australian crocodile nests are sometimes used as an indication of how much rain can be expected during the upcoming rainy season ... But crocodiles do not always get it right. Many nests are flooded every year, killing embryos. The mother guards the nest, even prevent it from drying out, if necessary, by water spraying. The eggs take 90 days to develop. Interestingly sex of the young Australian saltwater crocodiles determined by the incubation temperature. Below 30oC children are female and over 32 ° C, they will be men. When the small crocs are about to hatch they make chirping sounds in their eggs, and the mother helps them by digging them out of the nest. Then she takes the kids to the water in the mouth and from there to watch over them until they can take care of themselves. It takes women 10 to 12 years and men 16 years or more to mature ... Despite the mother's care way less than 1% of children there. Predation of turtles and goannas takes its toll in the beginning and later on the young often killed and eaten by the territorial mature men. The territorial behavior of male saltwater crocodile forcing young crocodiles from the region where they were raised. They need to find a vacant area for themselves. If they can do that they will either be killed or forced into the sea. Here they will move around until they find another river system. From the late 1940s to the 1970s, had extensive hunting for their skins (the most valuable of all crocodile) reduced their numbers to a critical level. Their reputation as a man-eater did not help them much. These two factors combined crocodiles almost made to disappear in other countries which previously had viable populations. When the Australian crocodiles finally made a protected species their numbers recovered slowly. Today, several breeding programs in Australia, the skin and meat. For this Australian crocodile eggs from the wild. Egg collection so far not shown any harmful effect on the population. Nor has the permission of limited hunting that was given to the indigenous people of the area. The numbers are so good that some regulated trophy hunting discussed. Aggressive catch of problem crocodiles and their move to freshwater crocodile farm has reduced the number of conflicts between humans and reptiles. Despite the capture and ongoing awareness campaigns, many calls from residents to shoot the b ...... s again. I know because I live in severe crocodile country. All Kimberly with its abundance of tidal rivers are ideal habitat for Australian crocodiles. I moved here over 12 years ago. When it was safe to swim in our lake, and at several points along certain streams. Not anymore ... The territorial nature of men requires each mature men to have their own territory. As the saltwater crocodile numbers increase they go further and further inland and closer and closer to settlement. We have been watching it with my own eyes for years. The potential for conflict is certainly there. Monitoring and trapping helps, but it does not eliminate all risks.