An eight-year-old girl is feared dead in the Northern Territory, in northern Australia after being attacked by a saltwater crocodile. Saltwater crocodiles are the world's largest reptiles, and can be aggressive and dangerous. Police said the aboriginal girl was fishing with her parents when she was snatched from a remote riverbank of the Blyth River, east of Darwin. Saltwater crocodiles are a protected species in Australia, and since hunting was outlawed in the 1970s their numbers have grown: it is estimated there are 70,000 saltwater crocodiles in the Northern Territory. Fatal attacks are rare, though – only six people are believed to have been killed by saltwater crocodiles in the region since 2002.