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Brandon Michael Sideleau, PhD student studying human-saltwater crocodile conflict, Charles Darwin University

Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?

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On January 4 this year, a three-metre saltwater crocodile heaved itself out of the water and up the beach. Nothing unusual about that – except this croc was on Legian Beach, one of Bali’s most popular spots. The emaciated reptile later died.

Only four months later, a large crocodile killed a man who was spearfishing with friends in Lombok’s Awang Bay, about 100 kilometres east of Bali. Authorities caught it and transferred it to captivity.

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