US EditionNobody ‘cares’: a crocodile caused barely a ripple at an Australian resort pool
- Yesterday, a juvenile crocodile was found in the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort pool in Port Douglas, hotel manager Joseph Amerio said it was spotted early yesterday morning.
- Northern Australia hosts more than 100,000 saltwater and freshwater crocodiles, and it was not immediately clear whether the hotel visitor was a saltwater or freshwater crocodile.
- Eyewitness posts showed guests remaining calm at the pool, with a handful of tourists relaxing on sun lounges at the pool while TikTok user Lisa Keller said `Not a single person cares`.
- Authorities cordoned off the pool and Queensland state wildlife officers removed the animal in the afternoon, with Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort staff saying guests and the baby were never in the pool simultaneously.
- A social media video matched hotel website images, drawing northeastern Australia news coverage to the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort and highlighting human-crocodile coexistence.
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Pictures published on the social network TikTok Saturday, October 18 show a crocodile lying in a pool of a luxury hotel, northeast of Australia.
A young crocodile briefly stayed in the pool of a five-star hotel in Port Douglas, Australia. Hotel guests were sunbathing next to the pool, as seen in a TikTok video posted by one of the guests.
In Port Douglas, northern Australia, guests at the Sheraton hotel spotted a crocodile in the pool. The animal was lying on the pool floor while some people were sunbathing next to the pool, as seen in a TikTok video. The pool was immediately closed, and the animal was retrieved by the authorities.
The animal was spotted on Saturday morning at the Port Douglas Sheraton. Wildlife specialists had to intervene to evacuate in front of customers on deck chairs.
The animal was seen this weekend barboting at the bottom of the pool of the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort, in Port Douglas, close to the tourists.
Images posted online this weekend show a crocodile in the pool of a luxury hotel in northeastern Australia, with guests relaxing in the sun a few meters from it. ...
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