By Brittany Chain and Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 07:27 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 07:27 BST, 11 April 2019
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Children at a primary school where a five metre crocodile was shot and killed were throwing food scraps to the dangerous reptile.
The predator was found lurking in Cowal Creek, which runs behind Northern Peninsula Area State College's Injinoo Junior Campus in Cape York, Far North Queensland.
Students at the primary school were believed to have been throwing food into the creek after lunch, giving crocodiles reason to drift inward toward the riverbed whenever the bell sounded.
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A five metre crocodile was lured by the school bell, thinking it was going to be fed, but was instead shot by rangers. Pictured above is a 3.7m crocodile captured near the school in 2014
A Department of Environment and
