Tourists can now get very close to crocs

DARWIN, Australia, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A new tourist attraction in Australia allows visitors to get close to the country's deadliest predator, the saltwater crocodile, and live to talk about it.

Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin in Darwin features a hexagonal acrylic cage. Two tourists at once, dressed in swimsuits and equipped with face masks and snorkels are lowered in the cage into a tank of crocodiles, The Daily Telegraph reports.

The crocodile collection includes one celebrity, Burt, who supported Paul Hogan in the first Crocodile Dundee movie. Others are Snowy, an albino suspected of having killed a man, and Chopper, who was left toothless after a fight with another crocodile.

The cage is 15 feet high. While there is air at the top, visitors can dive down to get within a few feet of the crocodiles.

Crocosaurus Cove requires visitors to sign an indemnity form with warnings that getting close to the crocodiles might cause panic attacks, hyperventilation and even heart attacks.