Crocodile caught in an Australian creek 1,200 miles from its tropical habitat

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By ROD McGUIRK

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stephanie Kirsop didn’t believe her son when he called to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home.

The family live in the temperate coastal city of Newcastle, which is 1,200 miles south of Australia’s crocodile habitat in the tropical north.

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