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SUNDAY TIMES (Perth, Australia) 07 August 05 Jaws versus jaws
This was the astonishing real-life moment when two of nature's most dangerous predators clashed in a fight to the death.
In a violent struggle, captured by a mystery photographer, a hungry crocodile stalked and then attacked this shark on a northern Australian mud flat.
Territory ranger and croc catcher Tom Nichols said this week that he had never seen anything like it.
"I've seen crocs with barra or other fish in their jaws, but never a shark," Mr Nichols said.
The unknown photographer took three stunning photos within seconds of each other as the croc savaged the shark.
Crocs are territorial and the bull shark never had a chance once it entered the big saltie's domain.
The pictures were shot near the north Queensland town of Weipa.
Jaws versus jaws

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>>SUNDAY TIMES (Perth, Australia) 07 August 05 Jaws versus jaws
>>This was the astonishing real-life moment when two of nature's most dangerous predators clashed in a fight to the death.
>>In a violent struggle, captured by a mystery photographer, a hungry crocodile stalked and then attacked this shark on a northern Australian mud flat.
>>Territory ranger and croc catcher Tom Nichols said this week that he had never seen anything like it.
>>"I've seen crocs with barra or other fish in their jaws, but never a shark," Mr Nichols said.
>>The unknown photographer took three stunning photos within seconds of each other as the croc savaged the shark.
>>Crocs are territorial and the bull shark never had a chance once it entered the big saltie's domain.
>>The pictures were shot near the north Queensland town of Weipa.
>>Jaws versus jaws

THE AGE (Melbourne, Australia) 02 August 05 Hold the front page!
They do things differently in Darwin. Just ask the Sunday paper's editor, Peter Brown, who was responsible for the outstanding front-page photograph it ran in its weekend edition, a shot of a crocodile hunting down a shark; a rare event in anyone's language; the poor shark with a terrified look on its face as the croc moved in for the kill, somewhere off Darwin.
It turns out that Brown had come across the amazing picture weeks ago but held off publishing until now, firstly because he had no idea who took the picture and valiantly tried to track him down but, more importantly, because he wanted a bigger reading audience to see it and reckoned that waiting for everyone to arrive for the cup was the perfect way of doing so.

{Paperboy's Note: I am VERY confused. This item is written on 02 August as if the author had seen the item, which I found posted for the first time on the 7th-8th. Maybe a misprint on this item as for when it was published. Second, from time-to-time, some of the press organisations may play with their story presentation in order to get the most exposure ... sound familiar?. Cheers, Wes}
Hold the front page!

That is the coolest thing ever!!!

Paperboy Comment: This is beginning to sound like a bad game of Rock-Paper-Scissors ... Shark beats Toad - Toad beat gator - Gator beats Shark ...

THE MERCURY (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) 08 August 05 Cane toad vs croc: Toad wins (Greg McLean)
An Adelaide River tourism operator blames a cane toad for killing a 3m saltwater crocodile.
Harry Bowman, who operates Hunter Safaris, discovered the male saltie floating belly-up last week.
"I'm 99 per cent sure it was a cane toad kill," he said.
"I've found a lot of dead crocs over the years but in most cases they've been killed by other crocs and had big bite marks taken out of them.
"But this fella was in otherwise perfect condition and had no teeth marks on him at all.
"Some of the cane toads you see are half the size of a football and the crocs aren't aware of the dangers -- they just grab 'em like a bird."
Mr Bowman said he had also found the complete remains of several goannas in recent months.
"My concern is not only for my small business but the possible end of a Territory icon," Mr Bowman said.
"It's just awful and the Federal Government has to accept the responsibility for letting it happen. They should have been investing millions to find a biological solution years ago."
Frogwatch NT co-ordinator Graeme Sawyer said it was not the first report of cane toads killing salties.
"There have been a couple of others but they haven't been confirmed because we couldn't get the carcass," he said. "It is concerning but I don't think cane toads are going to wipe out salties."
"They might kill a few but once salties get a bit bigger they don't tend to eat cane toads so it shouldn't affect them."
He said other reports of dead crocodiles have filtered out from Arnhem land and the Gulf country.
"Some Aboriginals who live near a tributary feeding into the Daly reported a whole bunch of dead freshies they suspected were killed by cane toads in the one hit a couple of months ago," he said.
Crocodylus Park wants to inspect the remains of any fresh or saltwater crocodiles suspected of being poisoned by cane toads.
Cane toad vs croc: Toad wins