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Only a large crocodile would be capable of inflicting such a horrific injury |
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The village chief confirmed |
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that attacks on both the villagers and their livestock were on the increase |
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With displaced crocodiles now encroaching on villages, |
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there appeared to be a growing conflict |
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To learn more about these problem crocodiles, |
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the team headed to the Solomons' capital,Honiara- |
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headquarters for the international peacekeeping force —— |
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policing both the islanders and their crocodiles |
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So the large crocodiles have good reason to be camera-shy |
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Hunted down,only the wiliest crocs survive |
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It seemed that the team's best chance was away from people |
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The peacekeepers had recommended the wild and mostly uninhabited coast of Guadalcanal |
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On the tip-off of a large crocodile seen laying up on this lonely stretch of beach |
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Wade set up his camera hide one last time and the long wait began |
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Yet it was at dawn, |
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after a three-day vigil, |
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that an impressive, three-metre crocodile finally appeared |
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In the end,Wade only managed to record a few minutes of footage of these camera-shy giants |
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But these images were proof of the existence of large saltwater crocodiles in the Solomons |
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- the last living legends in the South Pacific—— |
