Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

ShutterstockOn January 4 this year, a three-metre saltwater crocodile heaved itself out of the water and up the beach. Nothing unusual about that – except this croc was on Legian Beach, one of Bali’s most popular spots. The emaciated reptile later died. Only four months later, a large crocodile killed a man who was spearfishing with friends in Lombok’s Awang Bay, about 100 kilometres east of Bali. Authorities caught it and transferred it to cap…