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To Catch A Crocodile: Hunting In Papua New Guinea

4.2/5 ( ratings)

'He's got the morality of a laser beam... and his ferocity is as predictable as a photo-electric cell. The croc emerging from an egg will snap at anything that moves, no matter if it's a leech or a human leg... He's a dedicated killing machine: a savage evil tempered assassin...'
This is George Craig's opinion of the intractable, vicious creature on which his livelihood depends, and this book follows him and her erratic creole helper Copain on his quest for crocodiles along the rivers that network Papua New Guinea and West Irian. Its author, Peter Pinney, accompanied George for several months, travelling in George's boat Janis B, sharing his adventures and dangers, recording in vivid detail such episodes as the still and challenge of a night hunt and the exhilaration of navigating through the reed-choked swamps before the monsoon breaks...
But beneath this true story of adventure and daring lies the author's deep concern for the conservation of one of natures most perfectly designed creatures and his basic love for the wild and the outlawed - whether man or beast.

Language: English

Pages: 145

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Release: August 25, 1976

ISBN: 0207956677

ISBN 13: 9780207956676

To Catch A Crocodile: Hunting In Papua New Guinea

4.2/5 ( ratings)

'He's got the morality of a laser beam... and his ferocity is as predictable as a photo-electric cell. The croc emerging from an egg will snap at anything that moves, no matter if it's a leech or a human leg... He's a dedicated killing machine: a savage evil tempered assassin...'
This is George Craig's opinion of the intractable, vicious creature on which his livelihood depends, and this book follows him and her erratic creole helper Copain on his quest for crocodiles along the rivers that network Papua New Guinea and West Irian. Its author, Peter Pinney, accompanied George for several months, travelling in George's boat Janis B, sharing his adventures and dangers, recording in vivid detail such episodes as the still and challenge of a night hunt and the exhilaration of navigating through the reed-choked swamps before the monsoon breaks...
But beneath this true story of adventure and daring lies the author's deep concern for the conservation of one of natures most perfectly designed creatures and his basic love for the wild and the outlawed - whether man or beast.

Language: English

Pages: 145

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Angus and Robertson

Release: August 25, 1976

ISBN: 0207956677

ISBN 13: 9780207956676

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