The vast majority of Australians live nowhere near the Croc habitats, so in that sense they are relatively rare.
However, if you go wandering about in the tropics near a river, especially one that's just a bit brackish, and chances are you're going to have a very intimate and potentially deadly encounter with one. Australian salt water crocs are nothing like alligators - the salties have no qualms at all about taking down a fully grown water buffalo, let alone a stupid tourist who's out for a dawn stroll along the riverbank. Salties are FAST too. A horse will have a hard time outrunning one in a straight line over a short distance, but salties don't corner too well at speed. I've personally seen a 20 footer swim so fast to chase off a smaller salty it effectively walked on the water.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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