"MOJAVE DESERT CALIFORNIA" "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´II be right there." "CANBERRA AUSTRALIA" "We´ve lost the satellite over queensland." "They´re set to seIf-destruct if they stray." "Canberra lost it when we did." "Order a copy of ali transmissions to DSN stations in the Iast 24 hours." "(burps)" "See, it landed and then Australia lost transmission." "Looks like the US government has itself a problem in Australia." "Wooh-hooh!" "Oh, crikey." "Terri, get around." "Get the catching bag." "These lizards are like land crocodiles, and their teeth are like tiger sharks´." "And if you get too close - whack!" " they´II power-whack ya." "Oh, you´re a slippery little goanna." "What a steamer." "close." "Not only can they run like blazes, but they can scale these sharp rocks like it´s goin´ out of fashion." "Now, this is his territory." "And up in there he´II have a couple of good-Iookin´ sheilas, just waitin´ for him." "He gave me the slip." "Oh, that´s all right." "Have a look at this." "Poo." "Perentie poo." "Oh, what a beauty." "Pooh!" "That´s some good perentie poo, all right." "It can tell me a Iot about the animal." "What we´ve got in here is pig´s hair, snake skin, 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 metres, way down 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." "Yeah, this is really important." "I´m gonna save this for later." "(Terri) We´re here on a fieId-study trip for the zoo." "We´re hoping to find some of the more unIovabIe 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." "OK, Sui, in the truck." "This is gonna be a great adventure." "Right, mate?" "You never know what´s out there." "CIA HEADQUARTERS, LANGLEY, VA" " wheeler." " Archer." "It must be good if they got us in here at three in the morning." " Ron." " Oh, wheeler." "Good to see ya." "At 2200 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 satellite collected sensitive photographic data." "The equivalent of a million images are stored inside the hard drive of this." " The black box." " Mm-hm." "A beacon." "An aIpha-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 we´re concerned, none are." "We have every reason to believe that the beacon survived." "In the wrong hands, it has enough documentation to change the power structure of the modern world." " Have you picked up any kind of signal?" " Twice." "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 Ieaking word of a routine parts pick-up." "We can´t risk tipping anyone to its potential." " translation?" " You only have basic local support." " One operative." " So it´s really on the two of you." "gentlemen, 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 gonna get away with it that easy?" "I don´t think so." "This is private property, you know." "You dirty, rotten, stinkin´ mongreI!" "Oh, no." "Poor Daisy." "You no-good... cattIe-steaIing... handbag." "Now, go on." "Nick off!" " Get down, down." " What do you want?" "Well, if you call off your dogs, I´ll let you know." "(whistles)" "I´d offer you a cold drink, but I don´t want you to stay." "I know since Otis died you´ve had a hard time with the cattle, but..." "You don´t know anything about me." "I know you´ve been shooting on the river." "half a dozen people 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 kill a croc, but it´s not illegal for it to kill my calves?" "The law is the Iaw." "You 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 gun away." "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." "Come on, chop chop." "You´re trespassing on my land, you know." " I mean it, Brozzie." " So do I." "It´s croc-kiIIin´ time." "It´s croc-savin´ time." "We´ve had to interrupt our adventure to help some local fishermen with a problem crocodile." "Come on, Sui." "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 when people are swimmin´." "When the blokes come back from fishing´, they fillet their fish, throw all the scraps in the water, and that encourages the croc to hang around." "And now everybody that comes down here is scared the croc´s gonna 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 where it won´t run into 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, at the top of the food chain, and without crocodiles the whole ecosystem would suffer." "We´ve gotta catch this croc." "Otherwise they´II shoot 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 lookin´ for eye shine." "crocodiles are predators that rely on camouflage." "But in the spotlight, their eyes shine bright red, which enables us to sneak right up on ´em." "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." "Our only means of restraining him is via a top-jaw rope." "Get him 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, go!" " I got it!" "I got it!" "Hang on to her." "I´II tie her off." "The second top-jaw rope is not on really good." "(Sui whimpers)" "(Terri) Protect Sui." "Get the top-jaw rope." "Phew!" "Too easy, mate." "NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE LANGLEY, VA" "I called you in because you´re an Aussie." "I have an important assignment for you." "The CIA are sending two undercover field operatives to australia to retrieve the SE 2020´s data recorder." "I thought it was your department´s domain." "It is, but ReynoIds got the jump on me." "He bypassed the 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 sateIIite-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." "Come here, mate." "The most venomous snake in the world." "This is one wild unit." "This is the snake you don´t wanna get tagged by because it possesses enough venom to kill 150,000 rats." "And who cares?" "This bloke could have enough venom in one bite to kill 100 blokes my size." "Look at the coloration." "beautiful coloration." "Hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Ooh!" "settle down, mate." "Yo!" "You wouldn´t want to take a whack off a snake this size." "You can see behind his head, that´s his venom glands." "Whooo!" "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 startin´ to flatten its throat out now." "So it´s startin´ to get aggressive." "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Hey, hey!" "Hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" "You´re all right, mate." "settle down, settle down." "See?" "It´s comin´ back on me." "Comin´ back real fast." "These snakes seem to know the toxicity of their venom." "You can see it swingin´ round." "The neck´s startin´ to puff up." "That rapid tongue-fIickin´." "It´s gettin´ upset." "Make no doubt about it." "It´d whack its fangs into me at any given moment." "See how it keeps Iinin´ me up?" "It´s gettin´ really, really grumpy." "beautiful snake." "You´re a little grumpy now." "They´re just like people." "She just wants to move away from me." "A Iot of people think that snakes are evil, ugly monsters that cruise around kiIIin´ people." "And those fangs, those fangs, they´re like hypodermic needles." "Two hypodermic needles sittin´ in the back of their head, ready to..." "Whoa!" "Hey, hey." "settle down, sweetheart." "How was that for a swing?" "Straight at me." "How´s these files?" "Look at them, right in my eyes." "It´s so dry and hot out here the files are coming into my eyes for a drink." "Any form of moisture." "Whoo!" "She´s startin´ to settle down now." "Get off me." "Look at this." "Nice and quiet." "Look at her." "What a beauty." "I call it "her" because 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 kill me and 100 other blokes out here." "What an honour to share territory, share space with such a beautiful animal." "Steamer." "I gotta tell ya, I´d rather deal with this snake than a Iot of people I know." "I reckon that people are much more dangerous." "No questions?" "gentlemen, that concludes this briefing." " Yes, sir." " ReynoIds, do you have a second?" "Sure." "I was surprised with the selection of the mission." " Surprised or disappointed?" " Both." "One person should have been from my department." " wheeler´II do just fine." " Fine isn´t what my division aims for." "wheeler´s got excellent support." "I´ve no doubts about their success." "So you won´t be offended if I keep a close eye on the situation?" "There´s a line." "We´II both know if you´ve crossed over it." "Brozzie..." "Brozzie." "(bells tinkle)" "(dogs bark)" "Oh, sugar." "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, doggy, doggy." "Here." "Brozzie..." " Don´t bother getting out." " No, I won´t." " perfectly content to stay where I am." " What is it this time?" " Got some good news for you." " You been fired?" "No, I found some experts for us on crocs." "unless they make belts, I´m not interested." "Irwin´s a relocation specialist, best in the country." "Oh, really?" "Maybe I couId have them over for afternoon tea." " Throw a nice, big croc on the barbie." " I´ve asked the main office to get in touch." "You can tell the main office that I´II be getting in touch with a croc on my own." " Oh, come on, Brozzie." "They´re experts." " Now, go on." "Nick off." "Oh, sugar." "See you been feedin´ my dogs." "What´s the Aussie guy´s name?" " Joe BuckIey." " Joe, huh?" "Jo BuckIey." "welcome to queensland." " Vaughan Archer." " (clears throat) WheeIer." "Looks like an interesting place." "We always say we´ve got something here for everyone." "Any immediate requests?" " Yeah." " No, thanks." " We´re anxious to get on the road." " 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 gettin´ 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 hit by another vehicle." "Steve, she´s got a joey." "Come here." "We might have a chance to save her baby." " She feels cold." " Does she?" "I´II tell you what, I´II nurse her." "If you want to whip your shirt off, we´II give her something warm to cuddle up in." "A joey this size would never fend for herself." "She´s gonna need us to help her survive." "We´ve been adoptive parents for joey kangaroos for many, many years." "And we raised them and got ´em back out into the wilds where they belong." "But I tell you what, they take a heck of a Iot of nurturing and caring." "Are you all right?" "Come on, girls, Iet´s go." "You´re kicking." "It´s 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?" " OK, just like in Mama´s pouch." " In you go." "This´II 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 what the problem is." "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... so long as we´ve got some downtime, how about you and I...?" "I´II get some rest." "Here." "You´II 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." "Just gonna see if I can get a stick, because she is pois..." "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 shakin´, mate, that´s me shakin´." "These things make me nervous." "And here´s why." "See her little legs sticking´ up?" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "You´re all right, sweetheart." "Crikey!" "Whoo-hoo!" "What they do is 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 so nervous." "They´II wait down in their hole, and when the cool of night comes, they´II climb up the web, and they´re sitting´ right at the front of their hole, just like this... in the fuII-ambush position." "Are you all right, sweetheart?" "There... whoo!" "There she is." "Just like that." "Ready." "Any animal that she can overpower and kill with her venom, that´s her target." "animal like a mouse, a frog, a lizard, geckos, small birds, grasshoppers, anything comes past, she´II 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 Iot of it." "Their fangs, larger than snakes´." "Crikey, they´re powerful animals." "Sometimes they´II actually kill 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, files." "Not now." "Get out." "Come on, buddy." "Come on, sweetheart." "You´re all right." "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Stop there, stop there, babe." "Stop there." "Yah!" "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 sheiIa, 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 ´em into the stick!" "Whoo!" "You can feel ´em grinding into the stick." "Has she got a set of fangs on her or what?" "Have a go at that!" "There they are." "Bigger than most of the australian snakes´ fangs." "Yow!" "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 nervous and had 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 Iot 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´II give us the indication 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´d be one heck of a rough journey." "could even kill me." "Hey, Ter!" "Hey, Terri, can you get a container?" "I 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." "Yah, yah." "(spits)" " Throw the lid on, mate." " careful, Steve." "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 somethin´." "What we got here is a beautiful hole." "You can see tripwires out the front." "Here´s one, two, three." "And that´s what stimulates the spider to - whammo!" " strike and hit." "Good hole." "It´s not completely understood why or how they build these holes." "And it´s pretty..." "Aaah!" "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 - eugh, gooey - fang marks in the abdomen there." "She´s had a feed on this bloke." "This was actually, uh... her husband." "probably mated with her over the Iast couple of days or nights." "Whammo! "I´m finished with you."" "well, seems pretty harsh." "But this is nature´s way." "We were headin´ further into the outback when, outta the blue, a call from the Department of Fauna and Fisheries suddenly changed our plans." "The local ranger, Sam Flynn, is havin´ a problem with a large rogue crocodile on a riverjust north of here, and he needs our help." "It seems a big ol´ croc has been givin´ 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 goin´ after the croc." "(snores)" "(bell rings)" "Rack off!" "Nick off!" "Go on!" "Get you, you rotten..." "Show us your eyes, come on." "Aaah!" "Now I´ve gotcha, you mongrel." "(plop, plop)" "Oh, dear." "Oh..." " Everything OK?" " I lost it again." "Thanks." "Either it´s damaged or it´s in the river." "Submersion in water would affect the signal." "well, the inflatable has got a decent outboard motor." "And I packed 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?" " CrocodiIes, in this country." " Same thing." " hardly." "You´II know it if you meet a croc." " (signal)" "It´s back." "Snake!" "Have a go at this whopper." "Whoo-hoo-hoo!" "Oi, oi, oi." "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 gonna run into a conflict with cars." " Oh, nuts!" " King brown snake." "Member of the black snake family." "Come onto the road, tryin´ to get a bit of sun." "Heat up in the morning." "Ooooh!" "See the way when he flattens his neck out?" "That typical cobra neck-fIattening?" "What he´s doing is he´s saying "I´m venomous, I´m wild and I´II bite ya!"" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Did you see that?" "You wouldn´t wanna take a bite around here!" "Whoo-hoo-hoo!" "Their venom is highly necrotic." "That means you rot and things drop off." "Whoo-hoo!" "I´d hate to get bitten there." "Steady, mate, steady." "Are you all right?" "This snake species has the highest venom yield of any snake in australia." "Pretty soon he´II settle down." "He´II 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´II eat other snakes." "There´s not another snake that they 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 outta my eyes!" "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Don´t bite my boot." "Whoa, whoa, whoa!" "Right behind his head, right in there, is two huge venom glands." "And he´d be able to belt in, Iike 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 few problems." "The beacon´s transmitting an intermittent signal, so it´s probably at the bottom of the river." "And I got a partner who won´t want to get his gun 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´II take our chances." " We´re set." " No one´s around to get in the way." "You look beat." "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 reception at the embassy with AnseII." "If I don´t show, it could send up a flare there´s a problem." "And the Iast thing we need is for anyone to think that there´s a leak in the boat." "We´re looking for a big male croc, probably around the 12-to-1 4-foot mark." "According to the ranger, he´s dominated this section of the river for quite some time." "AII of the riverbank in this area is private property." "But to a big ol´ 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." "OK, Ter, this looks promising." "Keep your wits about you, mate." "I´ve been studying crocodile behaviour all my life and I know exactly what signs to look for." "Here." "This is what we´re lookin´ for." "Have a look at this for a classic slide." "Big belly mark here." "Two feet." "Look at that!" "That 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." "Ah!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "Hey, Terri, I got him!" "Hey, hey." "Whoa!" "Bring the boat!" "Get the boat down here!" "Nuts!" "Come on, Ter, what are you doin´?" "Whoa!" "He´s comin´." "Move back!" "Reverse, mate, reverse!" "Never seen a croc this determined in my Iife." "Sui, stay there." "If he comes over, I´m gonna top-jaw 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." "To be this aggressive, he must have been tormented somethin´ shocking´." "My guess is he´s been shot at by poachers, maybe even trapped by ´em, and got away." "This bloke is one angry, naughty, aggressive crocodile, and this is gonna be one very dangerous capture." "Whoa!" "Crikey!" "He´s wild, all right." "Come on then, come on then." "(Terri) Don´t miss." "(Terri) 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." "(Steve) Crikey, he´s angry." "Man, he´s aggressive." "He´s bIowin´ bubbles." "He´s very aggressive." "I think I´ve got him." "(Terri) He´s got enough strength to pull Steve clean outta the boat." "No, he spat it." "hold your ground." "Thought I had him that time." "I´ve never tried to top-jaw-rope a croc out in the middle of a river, Iike this." "He´s grumpy, and he´s..." "(Terri) He´s comin´ 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´II be easier to top-jaw-rope him." "Babe, gun the boat." "If I get the rope on this time, keep a bit of weight on it." "This time." "Come on, Steve-o." "Come on, mate, come on." "Come on, mate, come on." "Whoa!" "Crikey!" "Go, babe, go, go, go!" "Go with him, babe, but don´t get in front of him." "Whoo!" "Can you believe this?" "Bein´ towed by a 12-footer." "If we can stay with him long enough, he´s bound to get tired." "That´s it." "Good pace, good pace." "This bloke´s got attitude." "Now, I don´t know whether I´ve got him, or he´s got me." "(Terri) Suddenly, the rope went slack." "He´s stopped." "probably run outta steam." "But I don´t trust him." "Steve!" "Lost him!" "It´s coming back." "Babe, get the boat over here!" "That crocodile nearly got me, Sui." "Oh, now she´s gone slack." "It looks like he´s thrown the top-jaw rope." "Aah!" "Babe, stay up with him, stay up with him." "This bloke´s goin´ flat out like a lizard drinking´." "We´re in for the ride of our lives." "Whoo-hoo!" "(Steve) Keep up with him, Terri!" "Hm?" "Hm?" "Crikey, this croc is never gonna give up!" "Just stay with him, babe." "He´s steaming´." "I´ve never seen a crocodile with so much determination and power." "But it seems he knows exactly where he´s takin´ 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 runnin´ out of water... and steam." "He shot up this creek to give us the flip." "Go, babe, go, go, go." "He´s cornered." "He´s cornered, he´s cornered." "Take this rope." "OK, got it." "Take it!" "He´s backing´ me up." "Go, go, go!" "pull." "Hurry up, Ter." "What are you doing?" "He´s movin´ too much." "Hang on to him." "OK." "He´s tired, mate." "You gotta get his bottom jaw." "I know." "I´m gonna get my stick here." " Gotta get this side." "Hang on to him." " I´m right, mate." "I´m good." "Come on." " OK." " Get near my teeth." " I don´t have to use a stick with you." " No." "OK, now get it under the other rope." " Get it under the top-jaw rope." " I´m gonna have to use my fingers." "I´m coming over the top." "OK, got it." "Hang on!" "Come on, big boy." "Come on, big boy." "We gotta go for that bank." "OK, here we go again." "He´s breakin´ me neck." "flip the boat off me." "I´m losing him." "Yah!" "Move your legs, sweetheart." "Don´t worry about him." "Get off the boat." "Move, move, move." "(grunts)" "Sui, up!" "Sui, up!" "There you are." "Come on, big boy." "Let´s go back." "Top-jaw rope." "pull it that way." "I know." "Sui, up." "Sui, up, up, up." "Good girl." "He´s probably gonna react when I fire this boat up." "You all right?" "Here we go." "(Steve) 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." " You all right?" " Yep, you drive the boat." "(phone rings)" "AnseII." "Archer and wheeler are close to recovery." "I shouldn´t have any problems getting the beacon before they do." "Keep me in the loop." "This is the spot where the Iast clear signal came from." " So it must be in the water." " That´d account for the signal disruption." " Wait, I´m getting a signal." " So it must be in the water." " Or someone may already have it." " It´s headed this way." "Is that an outboard?" " See anything?" " You´re not gonna believe this." " Give me that." " Get ReynoIds." "The binoculars have picked up the Discovery channel." "And you wanted to keep this a Iow-key operation." "Run!" "Did you hear that?" "Gunshots, just ahead." "Can only be poachers." "Whoa!" "settle down, mate." "settle down, mate." "settle down." "No wonder this poor old crocodile is so aggressive." "We´ve gotta get him out of this river system or he won´t survive." "Babe, we´re goin´ for the truck, so I want you to jump on the croc." "Right up the front, all your weight." "Two, three, go!" " Got it." " Hit it, mate." "You all right?" " I got him." " call it if you come unglued, mate." "Poachers are the bane of my existence." "Once this crocodile is 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 waitin´ to kill people." "No way." "They deserve respect and conservation." "Trespassing on my land´s good enough reason to be shot." "But having´ a go at my dogs?" "well, now, that´s a Iynchin´ crime round here." "It was to scare ´em." "They were tryin´ to rip us apart." "Might have been kinder than leaving the job to me." "We work for the government." "Oh." "You those useless croc-catchers Sam Flynn sent for?" " That´s us." " We´re lookin´ for crocs." " Seen any recently?" " How about we all run up to the house?" "call Sam Flynn." "See what he thinks about all this." "Why don´t you and Jo go?" "We´ll stay here and keep searchin´." "Hm?" "You." "Get in the bike." "My dogs´II stay here and..." "keep you two company." "This is why I constantly tell you to expect the unexpected." " Yes, sir." " OK, what have we got?" "We´ve put together a brief overview of the suspects." "It appears from this background check that they´ve been in the field since 1992." "The areas they frequent are remote and often highly sensitive." "For exampIe, in 1996-97, the Irwins were in Indonesia during the political unrest." "They were also travelling in various parts of South America in ´97," " and were present for two coups." " In ´98, they were in Kenya, when our embassy was targeted, and in East Timor in ´99, just after the civil war." "In ´99 and 2000, the Irwins had full access to military personnel and property on United States Air Force bases in Eglin, Florida and Luke, Arizona." " And our conclusion..." " There are too many 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 beat 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-miIIion-doIIar expansion plan." "You don´t make that kind of money on cable television." "Lid, lid, lid." "Whoa." "usually, we relocate crocodiles in the same river system, but outta harm´s way." "But this croc we´re gonna have to box and drive over the other side of the mountains to a completely new river system." "The poachers, they´re gonna 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, 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." "(bleep)" "Do you mind if I wash up?" "Mm." "Don´t run the water too long." "We only got tanks out here." "Sam Flynn." "Trust your mob to send three city slickers to do a job I couId´ve done with one bullet." "The beacon´s still moving." "They´re getting further away." "One of us´II 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´II attack." "The two blokes look like they´ve never been out of an office." "The girl might chip a fingernail if she´s not careful." "Oi!" "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?" "Oi!" "Hm?" "Brozzie, you there?" "Bro..." "MongreI!" "The croc guy´s moved a Iong way." "We´II have to go like hell to catch ´em." "They´re moving´ slowly." "If we go down this road, we should come in right behind ´em." "Once we´re on ´em, it´s gonna be a very sensitive situation." "well, I think it´s time we got what we came for." "(dog growls)" "Fair dinkum." "We´re always rescuing animals." "Our truck´s startin´ to fill up." "We got Sui 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, Iet 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 gunfire 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 nothin´." "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!" "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." " Waaaah!" " See ya." "Whoa." "well, that´s one poacher that just learned a valuable Steve-o lesson." "Don´t muck with it." "OK, babe, I´m comin´ back in." "(farts) Ooh." "(huge fart)" "Hm?" "MongreI." "You OK?" "You said there was nothing to worry about here." "You´re lucky it´s such a friendly country." "Anything broken?" " Nothing retribution won´t fix." " Good, Iet´s go." "Let´s find my gun first." "One, two, three, pull." "pull." "pull." "Hang on to him, babe." "If he´s quietened down enough, I´m gonna go to the truck." "You OK?" "Yep." "Phew." "We managed to give the poachers the slip." "But I´II 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 got a Iot 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´II kill ´em." "Looks like some kind of kid´s top or somethin´." "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 on to this for us." "Eugh." "Crikey, I´d Iove to get my hands on the owner." "Come on, Sui, in the boat." "Oh, no." "Brozzie?" "Brozzie!" "help!" "I´m in the bathroom!" "I´m in here, you idiot!" " Oh, sugar." " (dogs bark)" "Oh, no." "They´re back on the river." "Check their truck." "I´II get the boat." "The motor´s still warm." "They no doubt think they´ve given us the slip." "Hey, there´s a baby kangaroo in here." "And some leftover takeout food." "Aaah!" "Good shot." "I guess they know now they didn´t give us the slip." " What the hell´s goin´ on down there?" " I´m at the Thomson River." "So far I´ve been bailed up by some gun-wieIding rancher" " and chased by a pack of wild dogs." " Get rid of everything." "Don´t worry." "I won´t leave any evidence." "(radio) You´d better get that idiot Brozzie Drewitt out of the air" " before she kills someone." " Yes." "Thanks, Merv, I appreciate that." "Good thing so many people around here hate you." "half a dozen neighbours have called in to complain about your dangerous flying." "I figure your plane is headed towards the Thomson River." "Another thing you can figure on:" "I´II 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 further." "By the sound of that gunfire, they´re behind us." "Safest place for this bloke is back in the drink." "(crocodile growls)" "Just go forward, go forward." "(Sui whimpers)" "Sui, go for the bank, mate." "Sui can sense that it´s safer for her on the riverbank." "She knows that at any minute this crocodile could death-roll or head-shake and send us all into the water." "We don´t want to tip the boat over, mate." "Grab the top-jaw ropes." "OK." " His eyes are completely uncovered." " Watch he doesn´t head-butt you, mate." "Just one loop round." "I´m goin´ with the other one." " Do you want me to cover his eyes?" " No, there´s nothing we can do." " You ready?" "I´m goin´ in, baby." " Go." "Hey, big boy." "We´re doin´ it." "Just sit there with your hands on his eyes." "That´s great." "Now, OK, 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 croc." "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." "Yow!" "There he goes." "Yes!" "Job done." "Let´s head for home." "Hey, Steve, I think I hear a motor." "could be the poachers." "Let´s get Sui, then pretend we´ve still got the croc on board." "Sui´s worked with me all of her life, and as long as she can see me, she´ll wait until we pick her up." "She´s been me best mate for 13 years, helping´ me catch hundreds of crocodiles and dealin´ with countless numbers of poachers and wildlife perpetrators." "We shouldn´t have any trouble giving´ these blokes the slip." "If we can fool ´em into thinking that we´ve still got the croc in the boat, then we can lead them away from here on a wiId-goose chase." "Crikey!" "It´s those same two blokes." "Hundreds of miles of river and they´re on us again." "No croc´d stand a chance against ´em." "OK, Ter, spin around, mate." "How´s this?" "Look like I´m Iayin´ on a croc?" "If we can lure ´em far enough upriver, our croc´II stand a chance." "We´ve got a more powerful outboard, and they´II never catch up." "Have a go at this, will ya?" "Crikey." "hold her steady, mate." "Oh!" "Did you see that?" "Must be some sort of poacher war." "And we´re fair smack dab in the middle of it." "Crikey!" "If they keep throwin´ that dynamite out, it might kill our croc." "And we can´t have that." "Here, Iet me at ´em." "This is getting very dangerous." "Aah!" "holy smokes!" "These blokes are serious." "Let´s get outta here, mate." "Hang on!" "Whoa!" "Another coat of paint and we´d be history." "Steve, he´s coming back." "That´s it." "I´m gettin´ grumpy now." "Here, Ter, take over." "Hey, Ter, Iet me take over!" "Brace yourself!" "Take a look at this, will ya?" "Sweatin´ bullets." "We´re outta 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 communiqué from australia." "It seems the mission was less than a success." "unfortunately, we´re now gonna have to call in the Defense Department." "Now, it doesn´t look as though she would´ve survived this kind of crash." "The police will probably have to drag the river." "Waste of money." "She´s probably still out there now, watchin´ us." "Or maybe a croc got her." "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´II tell you one thing:" "if she puts a foot on land, well, now, that´s my dogs´ territory." " (whistles) - (barking)" "I suggested that one of the operatives should be from my group." "We had no idea that dirty laundry was involved until it was too late." "The revelation would put our operations on the front page of every newspaper." "Since you´ve kept such a close eye on things, you don´t need a briefing." "gentlemen, I think the question is where do we go from here?" "It seems ReynoIds has just thrown a couple of good agents to the dogs." "Agency should put some resources into waterproofing." "The way things are going, I´m ready for you to try and shoot me." "Oh, no." "You´re not gettin´ off that easy." "Oh, yeah?" "(groans)" "Nothing, at this point, is gonna faze me." "(growling)" "Damn." "(mobile phone rings)" " Jo BuckIey." " (Ansell) Tomorrow, hell will break loose." "reynolds has called in the Pentagon." "He´s 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´II find it hard to trace anything back to me." "I´m too clever for ReynoIds." "(police officer) Mr AnseII, step out of the car." "You´re under arrest." "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." "Whoo-hoo!" "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." "OK, Sui, get it!" "You know, animals everywhere need all of our help and protection to survive if they´re to make it into the future." "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´ve taught those pesky poachers a fair dinkum Steve-o lesson." "What more could a bloke ask for?" "Crikey!" "Oh, my eye!" "Those army blokes seemed pretty upset about their metal ball." "They reckoned it was more valuable..." " Cut." " Oh, son of a gun." "Of all the gear those blokes get to play with..." "And again." "You´d think the Iast thing they´d..." "You´d think the Iast thing they´d need..." "Cut." " Take eight." " Action." "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 Iast thing they´d need." "And that grumpy rancher has joined the Fauna and Fisheries Department as a volunteer, but she´s still havin´ a bit of trouble deaIin´ with crocodiles." "And check this out - the US government gave us those two pesky poachers to work at australia Zoo for nothin´." "And I reckon after I give them a full Steve-o education, we´II be able to return ´em back to the wild where they belong." "And the crocodile´s happy, real happy." "He´s now got himself a couple of gorgeous-Iookin´ sheilas." "well, we´re back to our adventure." "See ya." " And cut." " Yes, I think I got it!" "Did 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 ever got" "Was doin´ a thing called the crocodile rock" "While the other kids was playin´ on the dock" "We were jumpin´ in the river saving´ big ol´ crocs" "Well, crocodile rocking is something shocking" "Your hands and feet just can´t keep still" "I´m always catching´em every time and I guess I always will" "Oh, by crikey!" "Those Friday nights, just grab a croc and hold on tight, man" "Crocodile rocking was the way to put things right" "La, la-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la" "La, la-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la" "Sui and Terri by my side" "Takin´ Salty for a ride" "Up the river to be safe and sound" "Cos I know a few places that he won´t be found I can tell you ´bout the thrills we got" "When we´re moving´ round a big old croc" "Grab the head and watch the tail" "That´s the way my dad taught me and it never fails" "Well, crocodile rocking is something shocking" "Your hands and feet just can´t keep still" "I´m always catching´ ´em every time and I guess I always will" "Oh, by crikey!" "Those Friday nights, just grab a croc and hold on tight, man" "Crocodile rocking was the way to put things right" "La, la-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la" "La, la-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la" "(raps) 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 when I stop" "Crocodile crocodile crocodile rock" "Everybody in the party, we´re the ones to get it started" "Feel my thunder way down under, got a way to make you wonder" "Can you ever beat this flow I just threw down?" "I don´t think so." "La, la-la-la-la-la" "La-la-la-la-la 59 K-rikey, take one." " Mark it, OK." " Mark it?" "Get the slate and put it away." " All right." "And... action." " I know how to do it." "Crikey." "Visiontext subtitles:" "Marisa castle de Joncaire" "ENHOH" "Ripped from DVD by ..:" "VOJTA007:.." "..:xCZ-2002:..:" "E*N*J*O*Y Y*O*U*R R*E*L*E*A*S*E*S:.."