Crocodile takes up residence on Australian golf course

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A golf course in tropical Australia has a new water hazard: a crocodile that took up residence in a lake at the 14th hole.
Club owner Don Matheson in the Queensland state city of Townsville said the small, freshwater crocodile posed no ”significant threat“ to people, but that the club doesn’t allow them on the course.
”It’s quite novel that we have got a croc who has made his home here. If we allowed it, he would stay here,“ Matheson added.
The meter-long (3-foot, 4-inch) crocodile moved into the lake at the Willows Golf Club during flooding that followed heavy rains in recent weeks, Matheson said, adding that he’ll ask wildlife authorities to place the animal back in the wild.
Wildlife authorities last week warned residents in the Queensland tropics to be alert for crocodiles and snakes carried onto properties by floodwater.