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 7 months ago  

No tourists treat them like pets, these are efficient and deadly killers that the people in the northern areas of Australia have to live with on a daily basis hence a holiday programs like this one to educate the little kids. People get taken all the time by these incredible creatures and there's no fighting them off really, so awareness is the key.

Of course, Americans don't always seem to heed the warnings and a few of them have gone swimming never to be seen again.

Of course, Americans don't always seem to heed the warnings and a few of them have gone swimming never to be seen again.

I've heard of them jumping into zoo habitats with predators too. Not sure why all the stories seem to occur in the US.

It's good that the kids can get a good appreciation of what the native predators are capable of, in a non threatening way. Maybe he will be the next Steve Irwin, who knows :)