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

Your smartphone might be linked to crocodile attacks in Indonesia. Here’s how

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What’s the connection between your smartphone and crocodile attacks? It’s quite straightforward.

Smartphones need tin, which is often mined illegally in Indonesia. When illegal tin mines are abandoned, they fill with water. Crocodiles enter from nearby waterways, looking for food, as fishing and other human pressures have made prey short. Croc attacks increase.

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