OT Moat Monster

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Sanjuro

IIRC, I read an article that says the biggest predator of young salties is older salties- hunting the bigger ones for skin gave a lot of young 'uns a chance to survive a little longer. Then all of a sudden the hunting ban came in- and a LOT of young adult salties had the chance to grow bigger with no threats. Result: there are a lot more big adult salties out there than there ever used to be, and they have been roaming further afield than ever before.
Being salt-water adapted, they are starting to head out to sea...
Of course, I have an entire planet between me and Oz, so if the above is incorrect, let me know and I'll delete it.

Nope, you're on the money there. Salties are very territorial creatures and god help a smaller croc if it strays into a larger ones domain (that's what had happened in my walking on water incident above).
It's also not unheard of for fishermen miles out to sea to spot a floating log, only to realise shortly after it's actually a croc.