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Two gap years were what it took to inspire Niels Thordal with the right choice of study after high school.<\/secret><\/p>\n

It was a 2-and-a-half month working stay on a safari farm bordering the Kakadu National Park east of Darwin in Northern Australia, which finally had Niels Thordal deciding to study\u00a0forest and landscape engineering<\/secret> at the Skovskolen school of forestry, University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

Part of the farm income comes from regulating the stock of the largest crocodiles in the area, so that they kill and eat fewer tourists.<\/p>\n

But statistically, a tourist will be killed every year anyway by the big carnivores. The work on the farm helped him with his quest to choose the right study programme at home in Denmark.<\/secret><\/p>\n

I really felt the pressure sometimes while working with the crocodiles<\/p>\n

Niels Thordal<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Prior to his stay, he had spent a year and a half after high school without finding what it was that he should start studying. He had for a long time considered becoming a farmer like his parents.<\/p>\n

“I think that more ideas popped up because I was traveling, rather than if I stayed at home in Denmark to make money,” says Niels Thordal.<\/p>\n

Hazardous work<\/h2>\n

The farm near Darwin is called the Carmor Plains Wildlife Reserv<\/a>e and does a lot of other things besides crocodile regulation. It also offers various types of regular hunting. The crocodiles are, however, a protected species so they are never hunted.<\/p>\n

Instead, to put them down, farm owner Matt Kelman catches the crocodiles in big cages. He has a license to kill 12-14 crocodiles a year, and clients who come as tourists pay as much as DKK 50,000 to take home the animals’ skins and craniums.<\/p>\n

 
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\nThis work was certainly not without its hazards, says Niels Thordal.<\/p>\n

“I really felt the pressure sometimes while working with the crocodiles, because you have to go almost completely out into the water where the crocodiles are, to pull up the traps. You have to really keep an eye on them, and as a rule, we should not get any closer than 10 meters from the water’s edge, because the crocodiles can jump several meters into the air from the bottom of the water to catch their prey,” he says.<\/p>\n

However, it was inevitable that he got closer when working with the crocodile traps.<\/p>\n

“In addition, there were poisonous spiders that could suddenly crawl up on your back, and when you weren\u2019t used to the place, you were horrified of everything,” he says with a laugh.<\/p>\n

He saw snakes every day, but they were not a problem for him.<\/p>\n

Fearless boss<\/h2>\n

He and the owner Matt Kelman had to first lure the crocodiles into the cage, so they would shoot, say, a wild boar as bait.<\/p>\n

 
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\nFor a couple of days they could also spread animal blood out into the river to lure the crocodiles to the area and get used to the cage being on land nearby before placing the actual bait in the cage.<\/p>\n

Saltwater crocodiles can weigh up to a ton, so you don\u2019t mess around with them, but Matt Kelman was a bit exceptional about this also, says Niels Thordal.<\/p>\n

 
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\n“He was fearless, and sometimes he acted a bit wilder than he was in reality when clients were with him. Sometimes he just did some things because it looked cool. Sometimes he took his gun out and shot into the water four times around the trap to scare other animals in the water away if there were any,” says Niels Thordal.<\/p>\n

Learn to manage the wild<\/h2>\n

While Niels Thordal stayed at the farm \u2013 from the beginning of May until the end of July in 2016 \u2013 he helped to put down three crocodiles.<\/p>\n

 
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\nThe experiences with them, and the whole work of taking care of the farm’s 42,000 hectares of land in order to give all the animals, including buffalo and wild boar, the best possible living conditions, made him aware of the forestry study programme.
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\n“There was a little bit of internet access down there, and I found the study programme as forest and landscape engineer at Skovskolen on the net,” says Niels Thordal.<\/p>\n

What he learned in Australia corresponds well with what he is taught at the forestry school at home in Denmark, where he is now on his third semester.<\/p>\n

“Here it is a lot about how you as wildlife manager cannot just shoot all the deer that pass by, because if you want to run a business and live off people coming and hunting, then it’s important that you always have the best to offer them. There should always be some big trophy animals for the hunters, and you cannot just shoot all the big bulls first, because then there are none left to carry on the good genes for other big bulls,” says Niels Thordal.
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The work on the farm helped him with his quest to choose <secret text=\"He started at the school of forestry 1st september 2016\">the right study programme at home in Denmark.<\/secret><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I really felt the pressure sometimes while working with the crocodiles<\/p>\n<p class=\"quotee\">Niels Thordal<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to his stay, he had spent a year and a half after high school without finding what it was that he should start studying. He had for a long time considered becoming a farmer like his parents.<\/p>\n<p>“I think that more ideas popped up because I was traveling, rather than if I stayed at home in Denmark to make money,” says Niels Thordal.<\/p>\n<h2>Hazardous work<\/h2>\n<p>The farm near Darwin is called the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.australiawidesafaris.com.au\/\">Carmor Plains Wildlife Reserv<\/a>e and does a lot of other things besides crocodile regulation. It also offers various types of regular hunting. The crocodiles are, however, a protected species so they are never hunted.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, to put them down, farm owner Matt Kelman catches the crocodiles in big cages. He has a license to kill 12-14 crocodiles a year, and clients who come as tourists pay as much as DKK 50,000 to take home the animals’ skins and craniums.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":58212,"id":58212,"title":"Saltvandskrokodille fl\u00e5s af kollega p\u00e5 safarifarm","filename":"saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo.jpg","filesize":433119,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/krokodille-eventyr-foerte-koebenhavns-universitet\/saltvandskrokodille-flaas-af-kollega-paa-safarifarm-foto-niels-thordal_dxo\/","alt":"","author":"8","description":"","caption":"En stor saltvandskrokodille fl\u00e5s af en kollega til Niels Thordal p\u00e5 Matt Kendals safarifarm","name":"saltvandskrokodille-flaas-af-kollega-paa-safarifarm-foto-niels-thordal_dxo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":58025,"date":"2017-11-02 10:24:26","modified":"2017-11-02 10:24:52","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1293,"height":1366,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo-480x507.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":507,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo-768x811.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":811,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo-1280x1352.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":1352,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo.jpg","1536x1536-width":1293,"1536x1536-height":1366,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo.jpg","2048x2048-width":1293,"2048x2048-height":1366,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo-290x306.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":306,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo-700x740.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":740,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodilleflaasafkollegapaasafarifarmfotonielsthordaldxo-990x1046.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":1046}},"style":"narrow","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"A large saltwater crocodile is skinned by a colleague of Niels Thordal at Matt Kelman's safari farm"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>This work was certainly not without its hazards, says Niels Thordal.<\/p>\n<p>“I really felt the pressure sometimes while working with the crocodiles, because you have to go almost completely out into the water where the crocodiles are, to pull up the traps. You have to really keep an eye on them, and as a rule, we should not get any closer than 10 meters from the water’s edge, because the crocodiles can jump several meters into the air from the bottom of the water to catch their prey,” he says.<\/p>\n<p>However, it was inevitable that he got closer when working with the crocodile traps.<\/p>\n<p>“In addition, there were poisonous spiders that could suddenly crawl up on your back, and when you weren\u2019t used to the place, you were horrified of everything,” he says with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>He saw snakes every day, but they were not a problem for him.<\/p>\n<h2>Fearless boss<\/h2>\n<p>He and the owner Matt Kelman had to first lure the crocodiles into the cage, so they would shoot, say, a wild boar as bait.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":58215,"id":58215,"title":"Vildsvinemadding til krokodillef\u00e6lde","filename":"vildsvinemaddingtilkrokodillefaeldeognielsthordalbagestogchefmattkellmanforrestdxo-1.jpg","filesize":632890,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/vildsvinemaddingtilkrokodillefaeldeognielsthordalbagestogchefmattkellmanforrestdxo-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/krokodille-eventyr-foerte-koebenhavns-universitet\/vildsvinemadding-til-krokodillefaelde-og-niels-thordal-bagest-og-chef-matt-kellman-forrest_dxo\/","alt":"Vildsvinemadding til krokodillef\u00e6lde","author":"8","description":"Vildsvinemadding til krokodillef\u00e6lde","caption":"Her har Niels Thordal (bagest) og Matt Kendal (forrest) skudt og fanget et vildsvin, som de b\u00e6rer ned til en krokodillef\u00e6lde. 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Sometimes he took his gun out and shot into the water four times around the trap to scare other animals in the water away if there were any,” says Niels Thordal.<\/p>\n<h2>Learn to manage the wild<\/h2>\n<p>While Niels Thordal stayed at the farm \u2013 from the beginning of May until the end of July in 2016 \u2013 he helped to put down three crocodiles.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":58226,"id":58226,"title":"Saltvandskrokodille p\u00e5 vej op p\u00e5 lad til klienter","filename":"saltvandskrokodillepaavejoppaaladtoklientermeddillenfotonielsthordaldxo.jpg","filesize":463414,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/saltvandskrokodillepaavejoppaaladtoklientermeddillenfotonielsthordaldxo.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/krokodille-eventyr-foerte-koebenhavns-universitet\/saltvandskrokodille-paa-vej-op-paa-lad-to-klienter-med-dillen-foto-niels-thordal_dxo\/","alt":"Saltvandskrokodille p\u00e5 vej op p\u00e5 lad til klienter","author":"8","description":"Saltvandskrokodille p\u00e5 vej op p\u00e5 lad til klienter","caption":"To klienter - turister - f\u00e5r trukket 'deres krokodille' op p\u00e5 en ladvogn for at f\u00e5 den skindet p\u00e5 safarifarmen. 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