Published 17:58 IST, September 18th 2020
'Go Away': Man calmly pushes 13-foot crocodile, netizens say 'Steve Irwin reincarnated'
Man in northern Australia has caused a stir on social media by nonchalantly pushing away a 13-foot-long crocodile while clearing logs from a river. Watch.
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A man in rrn Australia has caused a stir on social media by nchalantly pushing away a 13-foot-long crocodile while clearing logs from a river. outback wrangler Matt Wright, who is also star of a television show with same name, can be seen gently pushing away animal by holding it from front and saying “go away”. Sharing short clip with caption saying “Dangerous work. hazards of working in rrn Australia, Tommy’s at it again”, clip has left thousands of internet users with varying opinions.
Garnering more than 194k views on Instagram, while some netizens are lauding Wright’s confidence, ors criticised him for “t mentioning that crocodile is disabled”. man can be seen asking animal called "Bonecruncher" to "sit", "go away" and "stay” by its sut while also continue talking to camera. video was shared recently, but internet users have posted it across social media platforms and has gone viral for being ‘most Australian thing ever’.
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Netizens left divided
While some internet users were seen commenting under video saying that Wright handled ‘croc’ as a ‘big puppy’, ors condemned ‘senseless’ act and said that it would motivate tourists to try potentially hazardous act thinking that crocodiles can be handled in same manner. One user wrote, "Taking vant of it disability" with a frown emoji and ar said, "Ha ha that is most manly thing ever. Your man licence is me of platinum!".
Matt Wright has a followership of over 312k on Instagram and is kwn for posting about crocodiles hidden in waters across Australia and sometimes even feeding or animals to crocodiles. In a recent video posted on official account, he feeds a horse’s he to a crocodile named ‘Tripod’ who can be seen holding it in his mouth.
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17:59 IST, September 18th 2020