Crocodile plucked from flooded Qld creek
Rangers remove the saltie found swimming in a flooded Ingham creek on Monday. Photo: AAP
A saltwater crocodile has been captured after it was spotted swimming in swollen floodwaters in a north Queensland town.
The 2.8-metre beast was spotted in Palm Creek in the small town of Ingham on Monday before authorities were notified.
Ingham has been cut-off both to the north and south due to ongoing floods caused by ex-tropical cyclone Jasper and heavy rain that has impacted north Queensland for some days.
The town of roughly 4000 people received about 130 millimetres of rainfall in the 24 hours to Sunday night.
Wildlife officers captured the 2.8-metre saltie on Monday morning before it was placed inside a holding cage.
It is expected the animal will be taken to a holding facility until the deluge subsides.
-AAP
