Jumping Estuarine Crocodile, Adelaide River, Norther Territory, Australia

An estuarine crocodile can jump more than 3/4 of its body length out of the water. It

does not do a run-up to gather momentum like a dolphin would. Instead it would arch

its back, lifting its head out of the water, then uses its powerful tail to propel the rest of

the body clear out of the water from a standing start. A 4-metre crocodile can therefore

grab a prey from a tree branch 3 metres above the surface of the river. One does not

sit out on a tree branch to fish in the Norther Territory however inviting it may look.