crocodile - crocodylus johnstoni - freshie

Johnstons crocodile is a relatively small crocodile. It is a fresh water crocodile and occupies various fresh water areas such as lagoons, rivers, billabongs, and swamps.
The shape of the snout is unusually narrow and tapering, lined with numerous sharp teeth. It feeds on fish, insects, small invertebrates, amphibians, mammals, and birds. This crocodile favors a sit-and-wait hunting strategy, snatching prey up with a lightning-fast sideways movement of the head.
freshwater crocodiles are less dangerous than their saltwater cousins. They usually avoid humans.
In western Australia they were protected by law in 1962, and in 1964 in the Northern Territory. Queensland did not pass its protective laws until 1974. Illegal hunting continues but the main threat is the destruction of habitat. Small-scale ranching and farming of these crocodiles exists.
In Australia these crocodiles are also called the Australian freshwater crocodile or Freshie.
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