The frightening moment a nearly five-metre-long saltwater crocodile snapped up a large turtle has been captured on video.
The footage was taken from a mustering helicopter just south from the mouth of the Daintree River in far north Queensland.
The crocodile was seen swimming about half a kilometre from the shore when it was seen by Brian Bartlett.
Posted by Brian Bartlett on Sunday, April 11, 2021
Mr Bartlett captured the video and shared it to a community Facebook page where he warned locals about the sighting.
'Just trying to get message out large croc around 4.5m was swimming just South of Daintree mouth and half a kilometre out to sea roughly in line with Wonga Beach,' he wrote.