Jaws of death! Amazing pictures of giant saltwater crocodile crushing the shell of a dead sea turtle… before strutting off with a full stomach

Amazing images have been emerged of the moment a mammoth saltwater crocodile shattered a dead sea turtle’s shell out on a remote beach in the Northern Territory.

Ranger Dani Best first discovered the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle washed up on shore two weeks ago, killed by a ghost net.

She cut the endangered species out of the net and placed a wildlife monitoring camera, which captured a number of animals coming in for a free feed.

But the footage also showed the powerful pressure of a crocodile’s bite as it crushed the outer layer of the turtle in order to gain access to the meaty goods.

Amazing images have been emerged of the moment a saltwater crocodile shattered a dead sea turtle’s shell out in a remote beach in the Northern Territory

Ranger Dani Best first discovered the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, which was killed by a ghost net, washed up on shore two weeks ago

Rangers cut the endangered species out of the net and placed a wildlife monitoring camera, which captured a number of animals coming in for a free feed

According to Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife, the sea creature is a threatened species

Ms Best was collecting rubbish along the coast at Garig Gunak Barlu National Park on the Cobourg Peninsula, east of Darwin, when she found the turtle – also known as the Lepidochelys olivacea.

According to Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife, the sea creature is a threatened species.

Crocodylus Park owner Grahame Webb told NT News the forceful bite of a crocodile is about three tonnes.

‘No other animal on the planet has a comparable bite force to a crocodile,’  he said.

Ms Best along with other rangers cut the dead turtle out of the net then planted a camera to film Cobourg wildlife eating the deceased reptile.

Among those animals include the saltwater croc and a Beach Stone-curlew, which is a large ground-dwelling bird.

Ms Best was collecting rubbish along the coast at Garig Gunak Barlu National Park on the Cobourg Peninsula, east of Darwin, when she found the turtle – also known as the Lepidochelys olivacea

Crocodylus Park owner Grahame Webb told NT News the forceful bite of a crocodile is about three tonnes