Bob Katter answers Cairns band's crocodile ballad with lyrical threat

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Bob Katter says he loves crocodiles — in fact, he ate one at the pub the other night. But when a Far North band wrote a song about him from the croc's point of view, he fired back with a lyrical threat.

Cairns band The Cherabins have written a song about Bob Katter from the perspective of a crocodile, saying the veteran parliamentarian should "move to Parramatta".

Crocodile conservationists are calling on the Kennedy MP to listen to the lyrics and abandon his push for a legalised croc cull.

Bob Katter has penned his own lyrics in response to the song and made no indication of winding back his croc cull campaign in the north.

Bob Katter says he loves crocodiles. In fact, he ate one at the pub the other night.

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