Crocodile scares drivers in Australia as it slithers out of drain before being cornered by brooms

Drivers in Australia were given a shock as a crocodile slithered out of a drain before being cornered by street sweepers.



The relatively small 1.5m (5ft) reptile emerged from the sewer on a main street in Cairns on Thursday morning.

Nearby street sweepers and police used brooms to keep the animal at bay from thronging onlookers.


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It was eventually captured by a park ranger and a few burly volunteers who threw a towel over it and fastened its mouth shut. The crocodile is now in the custody of Queensland Parks and Wildlife.