Off Course, Too
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Big Crocodile Was Off Course, Too
A 15 ft crocodile, caught alive at Malo Island, off the south coast of Espiritu Santo in October is believed to be the first ever caught so far south in the New Hebrides. It was captured by Mr. Edouard Bidel, who leases a plantation there.
The crocodile, which had a girth of 5 ft, was bought by Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo but died in captivity before it could be shipped.
A Vila message says that the only place in the New Hebrides where crocodiles are usually seen is the Banks Group, about 50 miles north-east of the northern part of Espiritu Santo.