April 7 (UPI) -- Wildlife officials in Australia's Northern Territory shared photos of a monster 14-foot crocodile captured at a popular fishing spot.
NT Parks and Wildlife said the massive saltwater crocodile was snared in a trap set at a popular fishing spot near Darwin and photos posted to the agency's Facebook page show the croc being loaded onto a boat with its snout taped shut.
The post said the crocodile, measuring nearly 14-feet-long, was the largest of the 114 crocs trapped by the agency's Crocodile Management Team thus far this year.
The agency requested the public be "croc wise" and refrain from tampering with crocodile traps.
"We discovered that at four different traps, where crocodiles had triggered the trap doors, persons unknown to us, have in fact tampered with the device to open the traps and subsequently release the animals," Crocodile Management Chief Wildlife Ranger Tom Nichols told NT News.
