The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)

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Dr.
Weinberger, the data I'm getting on SE-2020 via the DSS

shows that it's moving out of the scheduled orbit.

Punch up SE-2020
with coordinates.

Check the orbit deviation
and alert Canberra.

I'll be right there.

We've lost the satellite over Queensland.

They're programmed to self-destruct if they stray from orbit.

Canberra lost it
when we did.

Order a copy
of all transmissions

to DSN stations
in the last 24 hours.

See, it landed,
and then Australia lost transmission.

Looks like the US government has itself a problem in Australia.

Oh, crikey!

Terri, get around.
Get the catching bag!

These lizards are
like land crocodiles!

And their teeth,
they're like tiger sharks!

And if you get too close... Whack!
They'll tail-whack ya!

Oh, you're a slippery
little guy.

What a stinger!

Close!

Not only can they
run like blazes,

but they can also scale
these sharp rocks

like it's going
out of fashion.

Now, this is
his territory.

And up in there,
he'll have a couple of good-looking girls,

good-looking Sheilas,
just waiting for him.

He gave me the slip.
Oh, that's all right.

Have a look at this!

Poo! Perentie poo!

Oh, what a beauty!

Whew!

That's some good
Perentie poo, all right.

Now, this can tell me
a lot about the animal.

What we've got in
here is pig's ear,

snake skin,

a little bit of lizard skin.
Oh, and check this out!

A lizard claw!

And that's from
another lizard.

You know, the Perentie,
he's the master.

He sits up here
in the escarpment,

watching out of his
nice, cool tunnel.

Watching, waiting.
Sees a bit of movement.

They can spot anything moving from 300 meters away!

Way down there
in the sand dunes.

Spots it.
Goes down. Waits.

Runs out! Strikes!
Lacerate!

And then swallow
it down whole.

Come back up here
into the cool retreat.

Now, this is
really important.

I'm going to
save this for later.

We're here
in the Outback

on a field study
trip for the zoo.

We're hoping to find some of the more unlovable

of Australia's creatures
for research.

Here's your poo, mate.

We're heading
for snake country!

Australia is home to the most venomous snakes in the world.

And with a bit of luck,
we're gonna find some.

Okay, Sue,
in the truck.

This is going to be a great adventure!
Right, mate?

You never know
what's out there.

Wheeler.Archer.

Must be good if they got us in here at 3:00 a.m.

Ron.

Oh, Wheeler.

Good to see ya.

At 22:00 hours,
East Coast time,

a US satellite's orbit was terminated over Australia

due to
mechanical failure.

The primary function of this device was intelligence collection.

Gentlemen.
Thanks for coming in at such short notice.

The downed satellite collected sensitive photographic data.

The equivalent of a million images worldwide

are stored inside
the hard drive of this.

The black box.

Mmm-hmm.

A beacon.
An alpha-proton beacon.

Developed for
a Mars mission.

Designed to
withstand landing

in the most extreme
conditions conceivable.

I didn't know
any were operational.

As far as any of us
are concerned, none are.

We have every reason to believe that the beacon survived.

Should it end up
in the wrong hands,

it has enough documentation to change the power structure

of the entire
modern world.

Have you picked up
any kind of signal?

Twice in the last four hours.
Australia received transmission.

That's encouraging.

It's inconsistent.

Either there's damage,
or someone's beaten us to the site.

Well, we'll hope
for damage.

Outside this room,
we're leaking word of a routine parts pick-up.

Standard satellite junk.

We can't risk tipping anyone to the potential of this thing.

Translation?

You'll only have basic local support.
One operative.

So it's really
on the two of you.

Gentleman, you leave
first thing in the morning.

North Queensland.

Australia.

Thank God it's
a friendly country.

Leave my cows alone!

So, you think you're going to get away with it that easy,
do ya?

I don't think so!

This is private
property, you know?

You dirty, rotten,
stinking mongrel!

Oh, no.

Poor Daisy.

You no-good,
cattle-stealing handbag.

Now, go on,
nick off!

Hey, hey!

Get down. Down.

What do you want?

Well, if you call off your dogs,
I'll let you know.

I'd offer you a cold drink,
but I don't want you to stay.

I know since Otis d*ed
you've had

a hard time on your own with the cattle, but...

You don't know anything about me and my cattle.

Look, I know you've been sh**ting up a storm on the river.

Half a dozen people
have called in to say so.

Brozzie, what you're doing could get
you into a serious amount of trouble.

How come it's illegal for me to k*ll a croc,

but it's not illegal for that same croc to k*ll my cows, eh?

The law is the law.
You just gotta work within the legal boundaries.

You work within the legal boundaries.
I'll work with a shotgun.

Now, I'm warning you.
Put the g*n away. I'll find a solution.

Don't do something
you'll regret.

You're standing here,
so I guess I already have. Now, rack off, Sam!

Get your scrawny bottom back in that truck before I sic the dogs on you.

Ooh.

Come on.
Chop, chop.

You're trespassing
on my land, you know.

I mean it, Brozzie.

So do I.

It's croc-k*lling time.

It's croc-saving time!

We've had to
interrupt our great adventure

to help some local fishermen with a problem crocodile.

Come on, Sue.

In this case,
the crocodile sees the fishermen

as the source
of its food supply.

And this young tacker has been getting very cheeky.

The last few months,
a crocodile has been causing trouble

around here where
people are swimming.

Now what happens when the blokes come back from fishing

is they filet their fish,
throw all the scraps in the water,

and, of course,
that encourages the croc to hang around.

And now,
everybody that comes down here

is scared the croc's going to have a go at 'em.

As the world
population explodes,

our wildlife is under increasing pressure to survive

as natural habitat
diminishes every single day.

Our job is to
locate the croc,

jump it, try and
get it into the boat

and then relocate it into a section of the river

where it'll never run into a conflict with people again.

Now, it's not
the croc's fault.

He doesn't come into
our swimming pool.

We're actually
going into his.

They're apex predators right at the top of the food chain

and without crocodiles,
the whole ecosystem would suffer.

We've got to
catch this croc.

Otherwise,
they'll sh**t it dead

and turn it into boots,
bags and belts.

During the day,
a crocodile in this river

can remain
almost invisible.

But when night falls,

our spotlights should lead us to him like a signpost.

And I'll face the
added danger

of having to catch
this crocodile by hand.

Steve's been catching
crocodiles this way

with his dad since
he was a small boy.

But the real dangerous part is judging
the size of the croc before jumping it.

We're looking
for eye shine.

Crocodiles are
ambush predators.

They rely on camouflage.

But in the spotlight,
their eyes shine bright red

which enables us to
sneak right up on them.

Got it. Got it, mate! Got it!
Keep your spottie right on it.

Get around.
Get around. Get around.

Here is a battle
of strength and endurance.

The only way to toss this croc is to wear him out.

He's got the strength
of three blokes my size!

Get the top jaw rope!

Our only means of restraining him is via a top jaw rope.

Get her with
a top jaw rope!

It's critical to get
his top jaw secured.

Lassoing those gnashing,
thrashing teeth doesn't come easy.

Get it on, mate!

I can't get it. She's
thrashing too hard!

If I loosen my grip,
he'll rip me to shreds.

Go! Go! Go!

I got it. I got it.
Hang onto her. I'll tie her off.

The second top jaw rope
is not on really good.

Protect Suey.
Get the top jaw rope.

Too easy, mate.

I called you in
because you're an Aussie.

I have an important
assignment for you.

It appears the CIA are sending two
undercover field operatives to Australia

to retrieve the SE-2020's data recorder.

I thought that satellite surveillance was your department's domain.

It is. But Reynolds
got the jump on me.

He bypassed the National
Reconnaissance Office

before I got a
chance to respond.

He's after the top job,
and this could just give him the edge over me.

What do you
want me to do?

Get the beacon before
Archer and Wheeler.

Australia's main industries
are mining and agriculture.

Coal is the most
important resource,

followed by copper,
lead and bauxite.

It's a decent cover.

Let's go with
mineral exploration.

We're taking
the mobile antenna? Yeah.

This sure doesn't look like your average satellite recovery situation,

does it?

The Aussie contact
won't figure it out.

Well,

this is all I need.

Come on.

There's nothing that's gonna hurt you in Australia.

This is
the fierce snake.

Whoa, whoa.
Come here, mate.

The most venomous snake in the world!
This is one wild unit.

This is the snake you don't want to get tagged by

because it possesses enough venom to k*ll 150,000 rats.

But who cares?

This bloke could have enough venom in one bite

to k*ll 100 blokes
my size.

Look at the coloration.
Beautiful coloration.

Hey, hey! Hey, hey!
Settle down, mate.

You wouldn't want to take a whack off a snake this size.

You can see behind his head,
that's his venom glands.

Whoo!

This is where you see the work of my dad,
is right here.

He taught me to be one-on-one with the snake.

To be at one with it.
To feel it in my fingers.

To allow the snake to feel
that it's in no danger.

Settle down, sweetheart.
Settle down now.

She's just trying to tag Steve-o on the face.
I know you are, sweetheart.

You're a beautiful snake.
You're absolutely gorgeous.

It's starting to flatten
its throat out now.

So it's just starting to get a little aggressive.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hey, hey!

Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Whoa, whoa!

You're all right, mate. Hey, hey!
Settle down. Settle down.

See, it's coming back on me.
Comin' back real fast.

These snakes seem to know the toxicity of their own venom.

You can see it's swinging around,
it's agitated, the neck's starting to puff up.

That rapid tongue flicking.
It's getting upset.

Make no doubt about it,

it'd whack its fangs into me at any given moment.

See how it keeps
lining me up?

It's getting really,
really grumpy.

Beautiful snake!

You're just a little grumpy now.
They're just like people.

She just wants to
move away from me.

A lot of people think that snakes are evil,
ugly monsters

that cruise around
k*lling people.

And those fangs, those fangs,
they're like hypodermic needles.

Two hypodermic needles sitting in the back of their head,
ready to...

Whoa!

Whoa, hey, hey, hey.
Settle down, sweetheart.

How was that for a swing?
Straight at me!

How's these flies?
Look at, right in me eyes!

It's so dry and hot out here,
the flies are coming into my eyes for a drink!

Any form of moisture.

Whoo! She's starting to settle down now.
Get off me!

Look at this.
Nice and quiet.

Look at her.
What a beauty.

I call it "her" 'cause
I'm in love with her now.

She knows that
I mean her no harm.

What a beautiful snake.
You know what? I'm a professional.

You see a snake like this,
don't muck with it.

And one thing's for sure,
don't try this at home!

Far too dangerous.

This snake could have
enough venom to k*ll me

and 100 other blokes
out here in the west.

What an honor to share territory,
to share space

with such a
beautiful animal!

Oh, steamer.

I got to tell you,
I'd rather deal with this snake

than a lot of people I know.

I reckon that people are
much more dangerous.

No questions?

Gentlemen, that
concludes this briefing.

Yes, sir.

Reynolds, do you
have a second?

Sure.

I was surprised with the selection of the Australian mission.

Surprised
or disappointed?

Both.
The second member of the team should have been from my department.

Wheeler will do
just fine.

Fine isn't really what my division aims for.

Wheeler's got
excellent support.

I've got no doubts about their chances for success.

So you won't be offended if I keep a close eye on the situation?

There's a line.
We'll both know if you've crossed over it.

Brozzie.

Brozzie.

Oh, sugar! Oh!

Go on! Go on!
Get away! Go on!

Get away!
Get away! Shoo!

Brozzie!

Get away! Go on!
Shoo! Shoo, doggies!

Go on, shoo, shoo!
Go home! Go home!

Hey, hey,
look, look here.

Brozzie.

Don't bother
getting out.

I won't.Good.

Perfectly content to
stay where I am, thanks.

What is it this time?

I've got some
good news for you.

You've been fired
from Fauna and Fisheries?

No, I've found some
experts for us on crocs.

Unless they work in a belt factory,
I'm not interested.

The Irwins are relocation specialists.
Best in the country.

Oh, really?
Maybe I could have them over for afternoon tea.

Throw a nice, big
croc on the barbie.

Yeah, well,
I've asked the main office to get in touch with them.

You can tell
the main office

that I'll be getting in touch with a croc on my own,
thank you.

Oh, come on, Brozzie,
they're experts.

Now, go on, nick off!

Oh, sugar.

See you've been
feeding my dogs.

What's the
Aussie guy's name?

Jo Buckley.

Jo, huh?

Jo Buckley.
Welcome to Queensland.

Vaughan Archer.

Bob Wheeler.

Looks like an
interesting place.

We always say we've got something here for everyone.

Have you got any
immediate requests?

We're anxious to
get on the road.

The vehicle
looks good.

What's the story
with this?

Oh, kangaroos.

Roo bars
or bull bars

are often the cause
of sudden death

for wildlife
here in the Outback.

Millions of animals die every year from collisions with vehicles.

Kangaroos, in particular,
are getting clobbered all over the bush.

What a shame!

And this is a tragedy that we see all too often

out here on the Outback roads in Australia.

Part of our job is to pull the carcass back off the road

so that any wildlife
that comes to feed on it

doesn't get clobbered
by another vehicle.

Steve, she's got a joey.

Come here.
We might have a chance to save her baby.

There's a girl.

She feels cold.

Does she? I'll tell you what, mate,
I'll nurse her.

If you whip
your shirt off,

we'll give her something warm to cuddle up in.

A joey this size would
never fend for herself.

She's going to need us
to help her survive.

We've been
adoptive parents

for joey kangaroos
for many, many years.

And we successfully
raised them

and got them back out into the wilds of Australia where they belong.

But I tell you what,

they take a heck of a lot of nurturing and caring.

You all right?
Come on, girls. Let's go.

Oh, you're kicking!
Come on.

And just as well,
we're prepared for any wildlife emergency.

We have to feed her
just like a baby,

every couple of hours
around the clock.

Here we go,
sweetheart.

You ready?

Okay, just like in mama's pouch.
Upside-down.

Hmm.

This will teach you
to go after my cows,

you no-good,
rotten crocodile.

A nice, juicy
chicken for ya.

How long are you gonna need with all this stuff?

Until I hook up
with the network,

I won't know if there's a problem with
the beacon or it's just our equipment.

It won't take me long
to set up the antenna.

Need some help?

I got it covered.

What about you?
Anything you need?

He's the technical guy.
I'm strategy.

Oh.

Uh, as long as we've got some down time,
how about you and I...

I'll get some rest.

Here. You'll need that.

Right here on the ground?

There's nothing out
here to worry about.

This is the
bird-eating spider!

The largest arachnid
in Australia!

I'm just going to see if I can get a stick,
because she is...

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
See that movement?

These guys are
ambush predators.

They just launch themselves onto their prey,

hang onto it with
their front legs

and just drive their
fangs right into it!

See how she's got her legs up?
Have a look at this.

That's not the spider shaking.
That's me shaking!

These things make me nervous.
And here's why.

See her little legs
sticking up?

Whoa, whoa!
You're all right, sweetheart.

You're all right.
You're all right.

Crikey!

But what they do is they wait for their food source to come to them.

Ow, crikey! Ant just
bit me on the back.

This is scary, I tell you.
I'm, like, so nervous.

They'll wait down
in their hole

and then when the cool
of night comes,

they'll climb up
the web of their hole

and they're sitting right at the front of their hole,
just like this,

in the full
ambush position.

You all right,
sweetheart?

There! Whoo! There she is.
Just like that. Ready.

Any animal that
she can overpower

and k*ll with her venom,
that's her target.

Animal like a mouse,
a frog, a lizard, geckos,

small birds, grasshoppers,
anything comes past.

She'll wait in the
ambush position,

fly out of the hole,
grab it, and whack!

Drive those huge great fangs right into its chest cavity!

They've got
very toxic venom,

super-toxic venom,
and a lot of it!

Their fangs,
larger than a snake's!

Crikey, they're
powerful animals!

Sometimes, they'll
actually k*ll their prey

just with the force,
the ferocity

of that hit and
the fangs going in.

That's how powerful
they are.

Let me just see if I can demonstrate her fangs.

Get out of my eyes, flies.
Not now! Get out.

Come on, buddy.
Come on, sweetheart.

You're all right, mate.

Whoa.

Stop there.
Stop there, babe. Stop there.

That was a strike.
That was a strike.

I upset her.

This is nature's way.
She's a grumpy girl.

She's a beautiful
Sheila, actually.

Show us your fangs,
sweetheart.

Right there!

Have a look at the
size of these things!

Look at that!
Oh, look at 'em driving into the stick!

Whoo!
You can feel them grinding into the stick.

Has she got a set of fangs on her,
or what?

Have a go at that!
Look at this!

There they are,

bigger than most of the Australian snakes' fangs.

She just injected
a bit of venom there.

Have a go...
Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Sorry, sweetheart.

That "whoa,"
my breath, scared her

and she got really nervous and had a bit of a strike there.

Have a go at this.
Look at that.

Look at the droplets
of venom on that stick.

Real syrupy thick venom!
And she'd have a lot of it.

We should get this girl back to Australia Zoo

so as we can do research on the toxicity of the venom.

And that will give us
the indication

of how we can best look after them and this entire environment.

She's a beautiful girl,
all right. Really nice.

But I tell you what,

whatever you do,
don't ever try and wrangle a spider.

I'd hate to get this amount of venom stuck into my veins.

I reckon it would be one heck of a rough journey.
Could even k*ll me.

Hey, Ter! Hey, Terri!
Can you get a container?

I've got a big
bird-eater, mate!

Whoo!

Breeding season is a real bummer for the male bird-eating spider

because after
they mate,

the female kills
and eats him.

Come on, sweetheart.

They say I've got
nerves of steel,

except when I'm
dealing with spiders.

Have a go at this. In this hole,
I reckon we're onto something.

What we've got here
is a beautiful hole.

You can see tripwires out in front.
Here's one, two, three.

And that's what stimulates the spider, whammo!

Strike and hit.
Whoo! Good hole!

It's not completely understood why or how they build these holes.

And it's pretty... Ah!

Just kidding.

If we have a look down in there,
here's a chamber.

And here's what
was in the chamber.

Pretty well busted up.

Couple of...
Ooh, gooey.

...fang marks
in the abdomen there.

She's had a feed
on this bloke!

This was actually,
uh, her husband.

He probably mated with her

over the last couple of days or the last couple of nights.

Whammo!
"I'm finished with you."

Well, seems pretty harsh,
but this is nature's way.

We were heading further into the Outback,

when out of the blue,
a call from the Department of Fauna and Fisheries

suddenly changed our plans.

The local ranger,
Sam Flynn,

is having a problem with a large,
rogue crocodile on a river just north of here,

and he needs our help.

It seems a big ol' croc has been giving a rancher a hard time

and the situation
is way out of hand.

The wildlife service
needs our help.

It sounds like the rancher is tough.
Real tough.

And the croc sounds good.
Real good.

Yeah.

From what we've heard,
someone needs to be relocated.

We could go in at night,
shine a light in the rancher's eyes,

jump on her back,
throw her in the boat,

wrap a rope
around her head,

and then we could take her to a new river system.

But we're not that brave.
We're going after the croc!

Rack off!
Nick off, go on!

I'll get you, you rotten...
Show us your eyes. Come on.

Now I got ya,
ya mongrel!

Oh, dear.

Oh.

Everything okay?

I lost it again.

Thanks.

Either it's damaged
or it's in the river.

Submersion in water would affect the transmission of the signal.

Well, the inflatable on top has got a decent outboard motor.

And I also packed a depth finder and an underwater scanner.

So, if we end up fishing for it,
we should be covered.

You Aussies think
of everything, don't you?

What did you bring to protect us from alligators?

Crocodiles in
this country.

Same thing.

Hardly.
You'll know it if you meet a croc.

It's back!

Snake!

Have a go
at this whopper!

Hey, hey, hey!

This is a King...
Hey!

King Brown. Babe,
get the catching bag!

King Brown.
You can see why they call him King Brown.

This is a snake rescue.

We need to take him with us and set him up somewhere

where he's not going to run into a conflict with cars.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Nuts!

King Brown snake.
Member of the black snake family.

Come out here
onto the road

trying to get a little bit of sunlight,
heat up in the morning.

Whoo!

See the way when he flattens his neck out?

That typical
cobra neck flattening?

What he's doing is he's saying,
"I'm venomous,

"I'm wild,
and I'll bite ya!"

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Did you see that?

You wouldn't want to
take a bite around here.

Their venom is
highly necrotic.

That means you rot
and things drop off.

I'd hate
to get bitten there.

Steady, mate. Steady,
steady, you're all right.

And this snake species actually has the highest venom yield

of any snake in Australia.

Pretty soon,
he'll settle down.

He'll work out that
I mean him no harm.

It's a real good thing that me and Terri came along.

Otherwise, the next car down this track would have slaughtered him.

And they're quick and they'll eat other snakes.

There's not another snake... Hey.

...that they'd come across
that they wouldn't eat.

In fact,
this big bloke here,

he probably
would have eaten

other venomous snakes
of his species.

They can actually be cannibalistic.
Get out of my eyes!

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
don't bite my boot!

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

Right behind his head,
right in there,

are two huge
venom glands.

And he'd be able to belt in,
like two hypodermic needles

around about 300 milligrams of venom in one hit.

Terri, where's
the catching bag?

Got it!

Good one, mate.

Go! Twist.

Whoo! King Brown!

That's one snake to release,
and one croc to catch.

We got
a couple of problems.

The beacon's still transmitting the intermittent signal,

which means it's probably at the bottom of the river.

And I got a partner who won't want to get his g*n wet.

It's on this property.
The river should be right down there.

So we run our cover,
gain access and, uh, execute.

What about the dogs?

We'll take our chances.

We're set.
No one's around to get in the way.

You look b*at.

We got trouble with the satellite investigation.

Personnel or hardware?

Possibly both.

Do you need me to stay on in case anything comes in?

Yeah, if you don't mind.

No, of course not.

I've got a State Department reception at the embassy with Ansell.

If I don't show,
could send up a flare there's a problem.

And the last thing
we need is for anyone

to think there's
a leak in the boat.

We're looking for
a big male croc.

Probably around
the 12 to 14 foot mark.

And according
to the ranger,

he's dominated this section of the river for quite some time.

All of the riverbank in this area is private property.

But to a big old croc,
this is his territory.

It's a real shame when people come along and they want him out.

Finding him could take days,
even weeks.

And he's probably
watching us right now.

I'm gonna have to go ashore and look for slides.

They're the marks
on the banks

that are left by crocodiles sunning themselves.

Okay, Ter, this
looks promising.

Keep your wits
about you, mate.

I've been studying crocodile behavior all my life

and I know exactly
what signs to look for.

Here we go.
This is what we're looking for!

Have a look at this
for a classic slide.

Big belly mark here.
Two feet.

Look at that!
This puts him about that wide.

Straight up here.
Foot marks.

Oh. He's come straight
down through here.

There's the slide. Feet marks.
Straight down in there.

And this is a recently
fresh slide.

With this evidence,
the crocodile must be close. Real close.

Here we go.
This is wet.

That means the crocodile has come up here

just moments
before I got here.

He's probably sitting out there in a camouflaged position.

Whoa!

Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, Terri, I got him!

Hey, hey, hey!

Bring the boat!
Get the boat down here!

Nuts!

Come on, Ter!
What are you doing? Come on!

Whoa!

He's coming!
He's coming!

Move back!
Reverse, mate! Reverse!

Never seen a croc this determined in my life!

Suey, stay there. If he comes over,
I'm gonna top jaw rope him.

He's at the back
of the boat.

Get ready with
the oar, mate.

Whoa!

This croc must have taken a hammering from the locals.

For him to be
this aggressive,

he must have been tormented something shocking!

My guess is he's been sh*t at by poachers,

maybe even trapped
by them, and got away.

This bloke is one angry, naughty,
aggressive crocodile

and this is going to be
one very dangerous capture.

Whoa! Crikey!

He's wild, all right.
Come on, then. Come on, then.

Don't miss.

This is very,
very dangerous.

One slip by Steve,
and this croc could have his hand.

The animal could even flip our small boat over with no trouble at all.

Crikey,
he's angry!

Man, he's aggressive!
He's blowing bubbles. He's very aggressive.

I think I've got him.

He's got enough strength to pull Steve clean out of the boat.

No, he spat it.
Hold your ground.

I thought I had
him that time.

I've never tried to
top jaw rope a crocodile

out in the middle
of a river like this.

He's grumpy,
and he's power...

Oh!

He's coming in. He's coming in.
We can't keep doing this.

I nearly got him.

No, he nearly got us.

Oh, he's right here.

If he comes in the boat,
it's gonna make it a lot easier to top jaw rope him.

Babe, get ready
to g*n the boat.

If I get the rope
on this time,

keep a bit of weight on it.
This time. Come on, Steve-o.

All right, come on.
Come on, mate. Come on.

Oh!

Crikey!

Go, babe, go! Go! Go!

Go with him, babe,
but don't get in front of him.

Whoo! Can you believe this?

Being towed by a 12-footer!

If we can stay with him long enough,
he's bound to get tired.

That's it. That's a good pace,
good pace.

This bloke's got attitude.

And I don't know whether I've
got him, whoa, or he's got me.

Suddenly,
the rope went slack.

He's stopped.
Probably run out of steam.

But I don't trust him.

Steve!

Lost him.

It's coming back.

Babe, get the
boat over here!

Oh!

That crocodile
nearly got me, Suey!

Now she's gone slack.

It looks like he's thrown
the top jaw rope.

Whoa!

Babe, stay up with him!
Stay up with him!

This bloke's going flat
out like a lizard drinking!

We're in for the ride of our lives!
Whoo-hoo!

Keep up with him,
Terri! Whoo-hoo!

Hmm? Mmm?

Crikey!
This croc is never gonna give up!

Just stay with him,
babe. He's steamin'!

I've never seen
a crocodile

with so much
determination and power.

And it seems he knows exactly where he's taking us.

Straight up
that small creek.

Here we go.

Watch it.

No wonder these modern-day dinosaurs have survived

over 60 million years.
They're just so cunning!

Oh, no!

Oh, crikey! Duck!

Steve!

Stay with him, babe!

Get up, up, up!

I got him!

This croc's smart.
Real smart.

But he's running out
of water and steam.

He's sh*t up this creek
to give us the flick.

Go, babe, go, go, go!
He's cornered.

He's cornered!
He's cornered!

Take this rope.

Okay, I got it.

Take it.

Oh!

He's backing me up!
Go, go, go!

Whoa! Pull!

Hurry up, Ter.
What are you doing?

He's moving too much.
Hang on to him!

Okay.

He's tired, mate.
Gotta get his bottom jaw.

I know, I'm going
to get my stick here.

Oh.

Oh.

Gotta get this side.
Hang on to him.

I'm all right, mate.
I'm good, I'm great!

Come on.

Get near my teeth.

Oh, I don't have
to use a stick.

No, you don't.

Okay, now get it
under the other rope.Okay.

Get it under the
other top jaw rope.

Yep! I'm gonna have to use my fingers,
all right? Coming over the top.

Okay.

Okay,
I got it.

Go!

All right.

Hang on!

Come on, big boy.

Come on, big boy!

Yeah.

Okay, here we go again.

You okay?

He's breaking me neck!
Flip the boat off me!

I'm losing him.

Move your legs, sweetheart.
Don't worry about him. Get off the boat.

Move, move, move.

Suey, up! Suey, up!
There you are.

Come on, big boy.
Let's go back.

Top jaw rope.
Pull it that way.

I know.

Suey, up. Get up.
Up, up, up! Good girl.

He's probably going to react when I fire this boat up.

You all right?
Here we go.Yep.

The only thing left
to do now is to take this,

the apex predator,
as far away from here as possible.

Slip the blindfold up under my arm.
Here you go.

You all right?

Yeah. You drive the boat.Okay.

Ansell.

Archer and Wheeler
are close to recovery.

I shouldn't have any problems getting the beacon

before they set foot
in the water.

Keep me in the loop.

This is the spot where the last clear signal came from.

So it must be
in the water.

That would account for
the transmission disruption.

Wait a minute,
I'm getting a signal.

Yeah, so it must be
in the water

or someone may
already have it.

It's headed
this way.

Eh?

Is that an outboard?

See anything?

You're not going
to believe this.

Give me that.

Get Reynolds.

I think the binoculars have just picked up the Discovery Channel.

And you wanted to keep
this a low-key operation.

Run!

Did you hear that?

g*nshots. Just ahead.

Could only be poachers.

Whoa,
settle down, mate.

Settle down, mate.
Settle down.

No wonder this poor,
old crocodile is so aggressive.

We've got to get him out
of this river system,

otherwise he
won't survive.

Babe, we're going
for the truck.Okay.

So I want you to jump
on the croc.All right.

Right up the front,
all your weight.Okay.

Two, three, go!

Got it.Get it, mate.

You all right? Got him.

Call it if you
come unglued, mate.Okay.

Poachers are the
bane of my existence.

Once we get this crocodile
safe and sound,

I'm gonna come back here and give them a bit of Steve-o education.

Crocodiles aren't
evil, ugly monsters

just waiting to k*ll
people. No way!

They deserve respect
and conservation.

Trespassing on my land's good enough reason to be sh*t.

But having a go
at my dogs? Well...

Now, that's a lynching
crime around here.

Ma'am, I was only trying to scare them.

They were trying
to rip us apart.

Might've been kinder
than leaving the job to me.

Uh-uh.

We work for
the government.

Oh.

You those useless croc catchers Sam Flynn sent for?

That's us.

We're looking
for crocs.

Seen any recently?

How about we all take a little run up to the house, eh?

Call Sam Flynn.
See what he thinks about all this.

Why don't you
and Jo go?

And we'll stay here and
keep searching. Hmm?

You, get in the bike.

My dogs will stay here and, uh,
keep you two company.

This is why I constantly tell you people to expect the unexpected.

Yes, sir.

Okay, what have we got?

Well, we've put together a brief overview of the suspects.

It appears from this initial
background check

that they've been actively in the field on assignment since 1992.

The areas they frequent are always remote and often highly sensitive.

For example,
in 1996, '97,

the Irwins were in Indonesia
during the political unrest.

They were also traveling in various parts of South America in '97

and were present
for two coups that year.

In '98,
they were in Kenya when our embassy was targeted

and in East Timor in '99,
just after the civil w*r.

In '99 and 2000,
the Irwins had full access

to m*llitary personnel and property on United States Air Force bases

in Eglin, Florida,
and Luke, Arizona.

And our conclusion...

There are too many different locations
with too many highly sensitive situations

for any of this
to be coincidence.

And now,
our agents in northern Australia

have reported that the Irwins have b*at them to the satellite beacon,

which we believe is
in their possession.

Is there any chance that
they were just out filming

and they picked up
this hardware by mistake?

No.

Take a look at this.

In 2001,

the Irwins announced
that their zoo in Australia

was undergoing a $40
million expansion plan.

You don't make that kind of money on cable television.

Hmm.

In you go, mate.
Lid, lid, lid!

Usually, we
relocate crocodiles

back in the same river system,
but out of harm's way.

But this croc,
we're going to have to box and drive

over the other side
of the mountains

to a completely
new river system.

The poachers,
they're going to persist until they get him.

And this croc is
game. Real game.

Two, three, up!

Come forward.
That's it. That's it.

Dad and I have
learned over the years

the only way to transport
crocs successfully

is to hold them
in a wooden crate,

where they can't hurt
themselves or us.

And they arrive at their destination with minimal stress

and ready for
a quick release.

This croc has proven
that he has no fear of man.

And that's dangerous for the croc.
Real dangerous.

Leave it!

You can look,
but don't touch.

Do you mind
if I wash up?

Mmm.

Don't run the
water too long.

We only got
tanks out here.

Hello, Sam Flynn.

Trust your mob to send
three city slickers to do

a job I could have
done with one b*llet!

The beacon's
still moving.

They're getting
further away.

One of us will have to make a run for the car.

I used this on my last assignment with the Arctic wolves.

Did it work?

Most of the time.

But, uh, it can exert
the opposite motivation.

Meaning?

They'll att*ck.

The two blokes look like they'd never been out of an office

their whole lives.

The girl might chip a fingernail if she's not careful.

Oy!
Turn the damn water off!

Hang on a second.
I think one of them's taking a bath.

Water's worth more
than gold out here!

What are you
doing in there?

Oy!

Hmm?

Brozzie,
you there? Broz...

Huh?

Huh?

Mongrel!

The croc guy's moved
a long way from the river.

We'll have to go
like hell to catch him.

Yeah. But they're
moving slowly.

If we pull out onto this old road,
we should come in right behind them.

Once we're on them,
it's gonna be a very sensitive situation.

Mmm-hmm.

Well, I think it's time
we got what we came for.

Fair dinkum, we're always rescuing animals.

Our truck's
startin' to fill up.

We got Suey the dog,
joey kangaroo,

bird-eating spider,
King Brown snake

and a crocodile
to release

just over this mountain
at the Thomson River.

Uh-oh. We've got company.

They're in a hurry.
A real hurry.

Steve, with animals
on board,

we're going to have to pull over and let this vehicle pass.

Yeah.
I don't want to stress the crocodile more than I have to.

He's been through
enough for one day.

Crikey! These blokes
are mad. Real mad!

With all that g*nf*re earlier,
this must be the poachers!

Steve, I don't think
we should stop.

These blokes
mean business!

They probably know
we've got the croc on board

and they want it.

Crikey!

I've never seen
poachers this persistent.

These blokes will
stop at nothing.

Here, quick, babe,
take the wheel.

Try not to hit
any bumps.

Be careful, Steve.

Remember, you've
got a croc on board.

This bloke's trespassing
on my territory.

Haven't they got a cheek?

Steady mate.
This bloke's off the Richter scale!

Whoa! Crikey!

Mmm!

Whoa!

Lucky my wife's
such a good driver!

You've been upsetting
my crocs, mate!

They never know when
to let go, do they?

Isn't he gorgeous?

This is where your
journey ends, mate.

Danger. Danger. Danger.

See ya.

Whoa!

Well,
that's one poacher

that just learned a
valuable Steve-o lesson.

Don't muck with it!

Okay, babe,
I'm coming back in.

Hmm?

Mongrel!

Come back here
with my plane, you w*nk*r!

You okay?

Thought you said there was nothing to worry about in Australia.

You're lucky it's such
a friendly country.

Anything broken?

Nothing
retribution won't fix.

Good. Let's go.

Let's find my g*n first.

One, two, three, pull!

Pull!

Pull!

Whoa!

Hang onto him, babe.

He's quieted down enough.
I'm going to the truck.

All right. Be quick.

You okay? Yep.

We managed to give
the poachers the slip.

But I'll be much happier when we get this bloke

into his new territory.

Check this out!

Croc poo.

This animal's been stressed.

Real stressed!

Those poachers, they've
got a lot to answer for.

What the heck is this?

No wonder the
croc's been cranky!

Looks like some
kind of metal object.

You know, crocs
can digest fur,

feather and bone,
but not metal.

Even a beer can
will k*ll 'em!

Looks like some kind of
kid's top or something.

You know, people need
to be more careful

when they discard
their rubbish.

It's articles like this which is decimating our wildlife!

I'm gonna take this back
and study it a bit later on.

Hey, Ter, hang
onto this for us!

Crikey, I'd love to get
my hands on the owner!

Come on, Sue, in the boat.

Oh, no.

Brozzie?

Brozzie.

Help!
I'm in the bathroom!

I'm in here,
you idiot!

Ooh!

Oh, sugar.

Oh, no.

They're back
on the river.

Check their truck.
I'll get the boat.

Motor's still warm!

They no doubt think
they've given us the slip.

Hey, there's
a baby kangaroo in here!

And some
left-over takeout food.

Good sh*t.
I guess they know now they didn't give us the slip.

What the hell's
going on down there?

I'm at the
Thomson River.

So far I've been balled up
by some g*n-wielding rancher

and chased by
a pack of wild dogs.

Get rid of everything.

Don't worry. I won't
leave any evidence.

I'm telling you, Sam,

you better get that idiot,
Brozzie Drewitt, out of there

before she kills someone.

Yes, thanks, Merve.
I appreciate that.

Oh, good thing so many people
around here hate you.

Half a dozen neighbors have called in to
complain about your dangerous flying.

Well, nearest I can figure,
your plane's probably headed towards the Thomson River.

Another thing
you can figure on,

I'll be billing you
for the cost of my barn.

This is gonna be
the crocodile's new home.

I don't think we can
risk it any further.

By the sound of that g*nf*re,
they're right behind us!

Safest place for this
bloke is back in the drink.

Whoa!

Just go forward.
Go forward.

Suey, go for
the bank, mate!

Suey can sense that
it's safer on the riverbank.

She knows that at any minute this
crocodile could death-roll or head-shake

and send us all
into the water.

You don't want to
tip the boat over, mate.

Grab the top
jaw ropes.

Okay.

His eyes are
completely uncovered.

Watch he doesn't head-bash you, mate.
He'll snap your legs.

Just one loop round.

I'm going with
the other one.

His eyes are uncovered. Do
you want me to cover them?

No, mate. There's nothing
we can do from here.

Okay.You ready?

Yep.

I'm going in, baby.Go.

Hey, big boy.

Okay.

We're doing it.

Just sit there with
your hands on his eyes.Yup.

Oh!

That's great.

Now... Okay, here comes
the dangerous bit.

Hey, big boy,
you're almost home.

You're almost
there, fella.

There he goes.

Not yet. Not yet.

Keep the strain on it.

This is dangerous
for me and the crocodile.

If the croc gets away
from us now,

his jaws are tied shut
and he'd never survive.

And if I'm not fast enough
when I cut the rope,

I could lose a hand,
or even worse.

Here we go, big boy.
You're free.

There he goes!

Yes! Job done.
Let's head for home.

Hey, Steve,
I think I hear a motor.

Could be the
poachers. Right-o.

Let's get Suey,
then we'll pretend we've still got the croc on board.

Suey's worked with me
all of her life.

And as long as she can see me,
she'll wait till we pick her up.

She's been me best
mate for 13 years,

helping me catch
hundreds of crocodiles

and dealing with
countless numbers of poachers

and wildlife
perpetrators.

We shouldn't have
any trouble

giving these
blokes the slip.

If we can fool them
into thinking

that we've still got
the croc in the boat,

then we can lead them away from here on a wild goose chase.

Crikey! It's those
same two blokes!

Hundreds of miles of river
and they're on us again.

No croc would stand
a chance against them.

Okay, Ter,
spin around, mate.

How's this, Terri?
Look like I'm laying on a croc?

If we can lure them
far enough up river,

our croc will
stand a chance.

We've got a more powerful outboard,
and they'll never catch up.

Have a go at this, will ya?

Crikey!

Hold her steady, mate.

Whoo!

Oh! Did you see that?

Must be some sort
of poacher w*r!

And we're fierce smack-dab
in the middle of it!

Crikey, if they keep
throwing that dynamite out,

it might k*ll our croc!
And we can't have that!

Here,
let me at them.

This is getting
very dangerous.

Holy smokes!

These blokes are serious!
Let's get out of here, mate!

Hang on!

Whoa!

Another coat of paint
and we'd be history.

Steve, he's coming back.

That's it.
I'm getting grumpy now.

Here, Ter, take over.

Hey, Ter, let me take over!

Brace yourself!

Take a look at this,
will ya? Sweating b*ll*ts!

We're out of here.

Have a go at this.

If they stay in the
water long enough,

the hunters will
become the hunted.

That's nature's way.

We've received a communique from Australia.

It seems the mission
was less than a success.

Unfortunately, we're now going to have to call in

the Defense Department.

I don't like
to say this,

but it doesn't look as though she would have survived this kind of crash.

The police will probably
have to drag the river.

Waste of money.
She's probably still out there now, watching us.

Or maybe a croc got her.

Hmm.

Hey, come on, Brozzie,
it's his territory. Just leave him be.

Yeah, settle down.
Just habit. I won't hurt him.

At least,
not while she's still out there in the water anyway.

But I'll tell you one thing.

If she puts her foot
on land, well now,

that's my dogs' territory.

I suggested from the start that one of
the operatives should be from my group.

We had no idea that dirty laundry was involved until it was too late.

And at this stage,
the revelation will put all of our operations

on the front page of every newspaper in the world.

Well, since you've kept such a close eye on proceedings,

it appears you don't
even need a briefing!

Gentlemen, I think the question is where do we go from here?

It seems Reynolds has just thrown a couple of good agents to the dogs.

Agency should put some resources into waterproofing.

Well, the way things are going,
I'm ready for you to try and sh**t me.

Oh, no, you're not
getting off that easy.

Oh, yeah?

Nothing at this point
is gonna faze me.

Damn.

Jo Buckley.

Tomorrow,
all hell will break loose.

Reynolds has called
in the Pentagon.

He's already been appointed
to lead the investigation.

What do you want me to do?

Disappear.

What will you do?

I can take care of myself.

If it hadn't been for that
caped crusader in shorts,

I'd be in the
top job by now.

They'll find it hard to
trace anything back to me.

I'm too clever
for Reynolds.

Mr. Ansell, step out of the car!

You're under arrest.

w*nk*r.

You mean that guy in the khaki shorts?

That dude on the
Discovery Channel?

I don't care if you have
to send in the Marines,

the Air Force,
the Rangers.

Just pick up that ball!

What a steamer!

To think something
the size of this,

carelessly discarded
by thoughtless people,

could cause so
much potential damage

to our innocent,
native wildlife.

Please dispose of
junk like this wisely.

Okay, Sue, get it!

You know,
animals everywhere

need all of our help
and protection to survive,

if they're going to
make it into the future.

Well, this has been
one heck of an adventure.

We've tossed a couple
of gorgeous snakes,

rescued the most beautiful,
gnarly old crocodile

and we taught
those pesky poachers

a fair dinkum
Steve-o lesson.

What more could
a bloke ask for?

Crikey!

Not yet.

Oh, my eye.

You know,
those army blokes seemed pretty upset

about their metal ball.

They reckoned it
was more valuable...

Oh, son of a g*n.

Okay.

Of all the gear those blokes
get to play with... And again.

Knock it.

You'd think the
last thing they'd...

You'd think the last
thing they'd need...

Cut.

Closer, take eight.
Knock it.

You know,
those army blokes seemed pretty upset

about their metal ball.

They reckoned it
was real valuable.

Of all the gear those blokes get to play with,

you'd think a kid's top would be the last thing they'd need.

And that grumpy rancher

has joined the Fauna and Fisheries Department as a volunteer.

But she's still having a little bit of trouble dealing with crocodiles.

And check this out.

The US government gave us those two pesky poachers

to work at Australia Zoo for nothing!

And I reckon,
after I give them a full Steve-o education,

we'll be able to return them back to the wild where they belong.

And that crocodile's
happy. Real happy.

He's now got himself a couple of gorgeous- looking Sheilas.

Well, we're back
to our adventure.

See ya.

Yes! I think I got it! Didn't
I get it? Tell me I got it!

♪ I remember when I was young

♪ Me and dad had so much fun

♪ Climbing trees
and skipping stones

♪ I had a couple of lizards
and a snake of my own

♪ But the biggest kick
I've ever got

♪ Was doing a thing called
the Crocodile Rock

♪ While the other kids were
playing on the dock

♪ We were jumping in the river savin' big ol' crocs, when...

♪ Hold your rocking,
something sunk

♪ And how your feet
just can't keep still

♪ I'm always catching them
every time

♪ And I guess I always will

♪ Oh by crikey!
It's Friday night!

♪ Just grab a croc
and hold on tight, man

♪ Plan on rocking was the way
to put things right

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Suey and Terri by my side

♪ Taking salties for a ride

♪ Up the river to be
safe and sound

♪ 'Cause I know a few places
that he won't be found

♪ I could tell you about
the trick we've got

♪ When we move around
a big ol' croc

♪ Wrap the head
and watch the tail

♪ That's the way my dad taught me and it never fails

♪ When...

♪ Hold your rocking,
something sunk

♪ And how your feet
just can't keep still

♪ I'm always catching
them every time

♪ And I guess I always will

♪ Oh by crikey!
It's Friday night!

♪ Just grab a croc
and hold on tight, man

♪ Plan on rocking was
the way to put things right

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Put 'em in the air
like you just don't care

♪ Crocodile Rock's
blowin' up everywhere

♪ If you wanna be down give a shout out,
we're non-stop

♪ Crocodile, Crocodile,
Crocodile Rock

♪ Everybody in the party,
people wanna get it started

♪ People start it up,
gotta wait if you want it

♪ Can you ever get this flow?
I bet you not, I don't think so

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

Whoo-hoo!

Fifty-nine.
Crikey! Take one.

Mark it. Yeah.

Mark it?

Put it away.

All right,
and action.

I know how to do it.

Crikey.

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na

♪ Na na na na na

♪ Na na na na na