Fox News
Expand
Browse All Video
Watch Live

You're watching...

Crocodile hunters in high demand in Florida

Details

  • Description

    Phil Keating reports from Key Largo

  • Duration 2:29
  • Date

Clips

Also in this playlist...

Editor's Picks

Auto-advance: ON

Auto-advance
View All

Transcript

This transcript is automatically generated

I have of this we can you envision yourself taking on any lives.

Crocodile -- -- -- you may wanna polish up your resume a bit.

With a number of Crocs on the rise in places like Florida a job listing.

For a -- -- is in the keys actually has already received a 150 applications.

-- Keating is lighting Key Largo -- -- I drag here's the Florida Keys horse were reported Janet Larry -- -- -- in their backyard lounge one afternoon when suddenly they heard a bark.

And then a splash when they ran out.

Well -- dog Roxy was gone.

In the mouth of a ten foot crocodile.

Neither American crux.

Inside the lab at Florida power light's Turkey point were point two crocodile specialist Mario -- to call it inserts chips and a few days old actually extend them one day when he gets figures -- -- -- as revenge from.

Little rep tells -- that released back in the wild.

Back in the seventies the Florida crocodile numbered only in the hundreds that it was officially an endangered species.

And today the numbers are about 2000.

Thanks to know more -- cutting their now showing up in South Miami neighborhood.

And more often down to the Florida Keys concerning residents and the state.

Roxy is 65 pound dog was all the canals edge -- -- -- -- out and pulled a man.

After drowning Roxy that -- got away we need to have a little bit of separation of fun to look at but once we get too comfortable -- -- -- immune humans as a source of food.

Captain John -- is one of about a 150 people who have applied to be a Florida crocodile response agents.

And on usual and risky job -- outbreak -- -- -- wants it to.

Be taken by the tail.

You grab him by the neck as you climb up the crocodile you bring download -- head to clamp down in the mouth and then would duct tape.

Go around at least four times.

That's K at least four times you don't wanna do just three now the job -- really pays about 25 bucks an hour.

Blot its dividends and adventure.

Just limitless.

Greg it you know I'm thinking about rap in the whole roll of duct tape around that table mouth and that's that's -- -- -- imagine you're sitting there relaxing in a -- and all of a sudden you could end up like Roxio right be careful -- bill you're standing too close to the water stepped away from the water so true so true story that the expert.

Load More