Actually he has no gun at all, he's just up there staring at the water, watching for any movement, so that I can get out. Its not dangerous. For me, dealing with crocs all of my life, I feel very okay with them-I'm at one with them. What looks dangerous is really not all that dangerous, simply because of the knowledge and expertise that I have acquired in the last 31 years. There's a whole lot of hoo-hah floating around that the crocodile has a small brain and that he's not very intelligent.
Some people think they're very dumb, like a frog or something.
There's a whole series of body postures that would alert me to a croc about to take me out. Let's work on crocs of under ten feet first. When you're dealing with saltwater crocs, a female reaches sexual maturity at around 8 feet and 8 years of age and a male at about 10 feet and ten years. The smaller ones are less inclined to take a swing at a person. There's a whole lot of hoo-hah floating around that the crocodile has a small brain and that he's not very intelligent.