Extraordinary footage of tourist jumping on top of 650kg crocodile
A man dubbed ‘Danish Crocodile Dundee’ by his friends has climbed atop a monster 650 kilogram saltwater croc in the Australian outback.
Niels Jensen, 22, was travelling through a wildlife park in the Northern Territory when he fed the 4.7 metre apex predator a wallaby carcass and then astonishingly mounted the beast’s back.
The Danish wildlife management graduate admitted he was dicing with death during the encounter he posted to Instagram and the vision failed to amuse Parks and Wildlife Commission NT, who said he was asking for trouble getting that close to the massive 650kg man-eater.
Mr Jensen admitted that his manoeuvre was dangerous but was definitely worth the thrill.
“Even with a crocodile like this that are used to humans, it is a scary feeling sitting on something that could kill you in a fraction of a second,” Mr Jensen said.
“I had never seen a saltwater croc before I arrived in Australia. I love being outdoors and seeing new species. When I got the chance to work with crocodiles I had to go.”
The vision was captured on a wildlife safari east of Darwin where the crocodile was relocated after it was caught preying on livestock.
Niels, who travelled to Australia after completing his studies, admits his friends call him ‘Danish Crocodile Dundee’ for his daring social media posts with infamous wildlife.
“I don’t consider myself that, but a lot of my friends do,” he said.
“In my opinion I am just doing what I like. But not many people understand why I’m doing it.”
“Most of them call me a little crazy for travelling Down Under to wrestle with crocodiles.”
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Department of Tourism and Culture, Acting Director of Wildlife Operations, Tracey Duldig, encouraged tourists to be “crocwise” at all times.
“Saltwater crocodiles are large and potentially dangerous animals and we encourage everyone to be crocwise at all times,” Ms Duldig said.
“The behaviour shown in this video is dangerous and reckless and we do not support this type of interaction with crocodiles.
