A 10-foot crocodile is not the kind of neighbor no one expects to welcome into your home.
Jacob and Angel Breytenbach, of Moedwil, South Africa, were not too happy to meet such a reptilian visitor, who was caught using the back garden pool as his own shock platform.
The Angel had been out at four-thirty on Friday morning when he saw “something big floating” in the pool. It didn’t take long for the Australian original to realize he was a coconut, he told Storyful, and called home animal control experts.
“I have to apply to everyone their impressive treatment of the situation,” he said of the team that helped save the creature.
Exciting images taken during the coconut capture show the team using a bow to fight the pool beast as it breaks into the water.
“Brushing your teeth!” the brave Australian can be heard shouting in the background. “Straight back, there. I’m Australian, I’ve seen it done. “
The team of stout men was able to pull the huge animal off the lawn and determine that it was an adult male crocodile. To calm him down, a white cloth was placed over his head until additional rescue aid arrived.
“Only in South Africa,” Angel says in the video.
The Johannesburg Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation organized the safe transfer of the crocodile to nature, after it was probably displaced by recent weather events, they said.
“Several animals have been displaced and have appeared in strange places due to heavy rains caused by Cyclone Eloise. This crocodile is believed to have come from a nearby river, “the group wrote in a recent Facebook update.
“The crocodile was safely removed and placed in a safe place,” they added. “The Department of Nature Conservation will review it and release it back to its natural habitat.”