Australian crocs take a bite

Last Saturday, a British snorkeler was eaten by a 13ft. crocodile in Austalia's Northern Territory. Now another man is believed to have been killed by a crocodile in the same area making it the second fatal croc attack this week.

The 56-year-old man was diving with a friend on the Cobourg Peninsula. His diving buddy reported him missing early Thursday.

Common in rivers and along the northern Austalia coast, saltwater crocodiles have been responsible for a dozen deaths in Australia in the past 20 years.

Last August a man died when he was dragged from his fishing boat by a crocodile in northern Queensland. It is believed that the crocodile responsible for that attack has already been destroyed.

Here are some other articles on past crocodile bites:
December 2003(Australia)
October 2002(Australia)
January 2000(Malawi, Africa)