00:00There you go, the Newcastle crocodile!
00:03Good job, Billy!
00:07On Saturday afternoon, I got a phone call from a police officer up in Newcastle
00:11that said there was a crocodile sighting behind Bunnings in Wall's End.
00:14A freshwater crocodile found wading through a suburban Newcastle creek
00:18has been safely captured after a tense day-long search.
00:23Handlers from the Australian Reptile Park returned on Sunday evening and secured the animal.
00:28So you've got to go about 2,000 kilometres north to even hit freshwater crocodile habitat.
00:34Down here in New South Wales and of Newcastle of all places is just, it's mind-blowing.
00:40Oi! There you go, the Newcastle crocodile!
00:45Good job, Billy!
00:48Yes! There he is!
00:50Oh, look at you, little tucker!
00:53Wow, mate!
00:55Whoa!
00:56What just happened?
00:57Out of nowhere!
00:58The red eyes!
01:00So we're just coming up the channel there.
01:02Giffey goes, oi, oi, oi, right there!
01:04Look over!
01:05And here he is!
01:06I can't believe it!
01:07I feel like we've saved his life!
01:08We did!
01:09We've got to save his life!
01:10Oh my god, boys!
01:13Whoa!
01:14Holy moly!
01:15Mate, if you knew the needle in a haystack that we have pursued the last over 48 hours, I'm sad.
01:27I feel like I'm going to start crying.
01:29This is, like, emotional.
01:31Billy, that is the coolest thing ever.
01:33Are you joking?
01:38That jump was textbook.
01:39That was a textbook crop catch.
01:41The crocodile is now undergoing veterinary checks, with authorities investigating how it came to be in Newcastle.
01:48Police suspect it may have been an escaped pet, and are urging anyone with information to come forward.
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