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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

'World's greatest crocodile hunter' fails to catch 'Sifis' Crete's fugitive reptile

Crocodile that mysteriously appeared in an artificial lake still at large on the Greek island, despite Olivier Behra's effortsFor two nights Olivier Behra stood on a boat, a torch in one hand, a rope in the other, waiting for Sifis, Europe's increasingly famous fugitive crocodile, to emerge from the foliage of a lake in Crete.When it did, the 50-year-old Frenchman reputed to be the world's greatest living crocodile hunter with the capture of more than a hundred to his name readied to pounce. Continue reading...


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