A crocodile warning sign at Lake Placid. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE News by Chris Calcino, Sally Boxall and Bronwyn Farr 29th Jan 2021 1:42 PM Premium Content Subscriber only UPDATE: Wildlife officers are pulling out all the stops to catch a 2.5m crocodile which attacked a swimmer at Cairns' Lake Placid. Paramedics say the 44-year-old man was "very lucky" to have escaped with superficial injuries after he was forced to prise the crocodile's jaws from his head on Thursday. Dr Matthew Brien, program coordinator for northern wildlife operations with the Department of Environment and Science, said there was no doubt a crocodile was responsible.