Feeding a crocodile is illegal, dangerous, and teaches crocodiles to associate humans with food, the statement said. The 4.5m crocodile swam up to the beach and devoured two small sharks the anglers had just caught. Picture: Yvonne Palmer In the Cardwell footage - filmed about 7.30am Sunday - a shocked Yvonne Palmer can be heard saying she had just caught a shark and dragged it onto the beach, but now she could not retrieve it as she spotted the saltie coming. I just caught a shark, which I couldn t get back into the water because this fella was coming, and now he s going to come in and eat it and I am going to sh t myself, she says in the video.
Several sightings of the Cardwell crocodile have been reported to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) wildlife hotline following the release.