Extraordinary moment man pushes away a crocodile in a river
Extraordinary moment the 'Outback Wrangler' nonchalantly pushes away a huge crocodile as the beast stalks him in a river - then treats it like a DOG.
He's got a reputation for being fearless around the most dangerous of animals, but Australia's Outback Wrangler Matt Wright's latest video takes the cake.
Mr Wright shared a video titled 'dangerous work' with his 307,000 Instagram followers on Tuesday, showing him pushing away a four-metre crocodile by the snout.
In the footage, Wright explains that he and co-worker Tommy Nichols were clearing logs in a Northern Territory waterway when the beast began tailing behind them.
'We've been having a bit of a hard time, we have a little friend that has come to visit us,' he says as he pans the camera to show a crocodile idling by his leg.
Wright shoves the animal's jaw away with his right hand, turns his back on the animal, then wads through the knee-deep water back to help Nichols with the job.
But within seconds, the apex predator starts swimming back towards him.
'Utt, give it up,' he says to the crocodile, pushing its muzzle down into the water.
'We are trying to get some work done.'