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Travel: Darwin, in Australia’s Northern Territory, is a crocodile capital
Protection laws since 1971 grew the saltwater crocodile population from 3,000 to 100,000, fueling diverse tourism and local industries in Northern Territory.
- Darwin and the Northern Territory host an estimated 100,000 wild saltwater crocodiles and about 260,000 residents, fueling a tourism industry centered on croc encounters.
- Once hunted to near-extinction, saltwater crocodile numbers fell to 3,000 before protections enabled recovery, while commercial crocodile farms near Darwin supplied leather and vittles and rescued some escapees to parks.
- At Crocosaurus Cove, the Cage of Death lowers visitors into an acrylic cylinder just 1.5 inches thick, placing them inches from crocodiles while William, a star saltwater crocodile, weighed 1,521 pounds.
- Wild salties remain protected by law but licensed crocodile hunters with government permission may cull problem animals, and Darwin Harbour seawalled swimming lagoons allow safe public access.
- Mindil Beach Sunset Market buzzes with over 150 stalls selling crocodile products and croc cuisine, while commercial crocodile farms supply leather and vittles and Nautilus Aviation offers a Heli Pub Crawl.
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Travel: Darwin, in Australia’s Northern Territory, is a crocodile capital
His bone-crushing jaws ready, William frightfully honed in on his prey — bathing suit-clad me. Crazily, I was willingly submerged in the Cage of Death, a clear plastic cylinder plunged into an adrenalin-jolting tank occupied by a pair of homicidal saltwater crocodiles. At first, 15-foot-long, 1,521-pound William stealthily swam around the dunked cage while his aloof royal partner Kate lurked deeper in the water. The two-person-max Cage of Death…
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