Queensland inquiry hears fatal crocodile attack likely first involving two of the reptiles

Government researcher tells coroner’s investigation he had never before heard of a human being preyed upon by two crocodiles

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The death of a fisher taken from a boat and eaten by two crocodiles in northern Australia marks the first time a human has been preyed upon by more than one of the reptiles, the Queensland environment department believes.

On 11 February 2021 experienced sailor and angler Andrew Heard and his partner Erica Lang were moored near a creek on Hinchinbrook, a large and uninhabited island just off north Queensland’s Cassowary Coast. It was a trip the pair had made every year for a decade.

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