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Rex Martinich

EXPLAINED: Fisherman s lucky escape as crocodile leaps into tinnie - The Real Truth

Wildlife officers are investigating reports a crocodile launched into a fisherman's boat in Mackay. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

A report of a large crocodile leaping into a fisherman's boat has triggered an investigation into possible threats to public safety and whether to relocate the animal.

A man was fishing from his tinnie at Jane Creek near St Helen's Beach, north of Mackay, about 10am on December 31 when he saw a crocodile approaching the boat.

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