Matt Wright

Matt Wright Instagram – Absolutely devastated to find our longest standing and much loved rescue crocodile Tripod dead on my way home from @topendsafaricamp yesterday. I have been working with this croc for over 20 years, and moved him to the camp a decade ago to look after, he was our original big rescue crocodile and became part of our family and the camp’s identity. Tripod was originally caught on the Daly River by Nick Robinson in the 80’s. The crocodile had tried to eat people when they challenged to cross the Daly River and needed to be relocated. He was first named “James Perry Tripod” after a young fella who swam the bait out across the croc infested waters to set the trap that caught this crocodile.
A very sad day, and confusing circumstances because even after conducting a post-mortem it’s still not clear what killed him. RIP Tripod, thank you for all the memories big fella. | Posted on 30/Mar/2024 02:59:45