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When Novon Mashiah, an Israeli tourist, posed on the edge of his dinghy in the South Alligator River in the Australian Outback, he was clearly hoping for a special snap.
But Mr Mashiah, 27, realised that he had bitten off more than he could chew when a huge saltwater crocodile, about four metres long, leapt out of the murky water.
Mr Mashiah, who was posing for a photograph, said he did not realise crocodiles were so aggressive. “One minute I was leaning over, teasing it for a picture. The next minute it burst out of the water with incredible speed . . . its jaws fully open,” Mr Mashiah said. “I was shaking.”
The crocodile almost got its jaws around the tourist. It then landed on the side of the boat and crashed back into the water. Mr Mashiah told the Northern Territory News: “I was shocked. The animal clearly wanted to kill me.”
His friend, Doron Aviguy, 22, snapped the pictures from a bigger boat nearby. The couple were working as fishermen when they came face-to-face with the crocodile near Darwin. Mr Mashiah said that he had seen the reptile approach as he was leaning out of the boat and “I began playing with it for a photo”. He said he was not initially alarmed: "I was laughing but it wasn't so funny in the end.”
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