CROC IS HIT
Heartstopping moment hissing giant crocodile is scared off by workers who use a digger to push it away
The giant beast ventured out of a nearby river before approaching the group of environmental workers who feared for their lives
SHOCKING footage shows the moment a crocodile tries to attack maintenance workers but they scared it off with a digger.
The beast ventured out from a nearby river and approached some workers at the side of a road in Brunei.
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Fearing for their lives, the environmental workers back away from the killer croc before a colleague hits it with the bucket of his digger.
The angry animal thrashes around before smashing through the benches and heading away from the men.
The digger follows the giant reptile and it scurries away to a nearby road.
The men then threw rocks at it to drive it away into nearby field.
A spokesman for Brunei's environmental department said the creature returned to safety away from people.
Spokesman Noor Hadini said: ''The crocodile went back and returned safely to its native environment.
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"They are a danger to people when they are so close to places of work.''
The video was filmed in Brunei in February, but the footage has recently gone viral.
The number of croc attacks have spiralled in the sovereign state in recent years.
The island of Borneo has been fighting a battle against estuarine crocodiles to remove problem animals in recent years.
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Alexander Sayok, a scientist in charge of the UN Development Programme's forest management project in Malaysia's Sarawak state in Borneo, said in 2007 he had noticed increasing reports of crocodile attacks since early 2006, raising fears that the reptiles were becoming more violent.
Last month a huge 17ft crocodile was found in Queensland in north east Australia.
The enormous saltwater beast was found dead by locals in Rockhampton.
Local farm owner John Leaver, who ran a crocodile removal service for two decades, said an animal of that size had not been caught in Queensland for 20 to 30 years.
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He told AAP: "There may have been some others shot in the wild that we don’t know about, but from my recollection, over the past three decades this would be the largest."
Michael Joyce, who works for the department of environment and heritage protection, warned river users about the increased threat from crocs following the death.
He told the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin: ";People need to clearly understand that the death of this animal has changed the balance of the crocodile population in the Fitzroy.
"And we can expect increased aggressive activity by younger male crocodiles.
"That’s because they will be competing to take the dominant position which is now vacant.
"I cannot stress strongly enough the need for all river users to be aware of the risks and to be Crocwise."
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