This is the crocodile in Indonesia with a cash reward on its head - for anyone who can remove a tyre stuck around its neck.<br /><br />The endangered Siamese crocodile was first seen in 2016 with the rubber part from a Vespa scooter stuck on its body in Palu, in Central Sulawesi.<br /><br />Wildlife officials feared that the reptile could keep growing and eventually be strangled by the item, which is too strong to stretch.<br /><br />Locals have been trying to remove the tyre ever since without success. Officials have tried luring the beast out of the river with chicken but it has refused.<br /><br />The province's governor has now offered a cash reward from his own pocket for anyone who can successfully remove the tyre without harming the croc.<br /><br />Hasmuni Hasmar, head of the Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Agency, refused to say how much the sum would be.<br /><br />But he urged amateurs to stay and and insisted that only professional animal handlers should attempt.<br /><br />The environment chief said: ''We're asking the general public not to get close to the crocodile or disturb its habitat.''<br /><br />Speaking in 2018, Mr Mulyadi, an official with Indonesia Conservation Board, said: 'We have made a crocodile trap, but cannot use it because we lack technical force capable of controlling wild crocodiles. <br /><br />''We have tried to lure it with chicken or meat but it never touches it. <br /><br />''This crocodile has grown to four meters in length and its head is about 40 centimetres long. <br /><br />''Its body is getting bigger and the tyre which should be 14 inches, is stifling it. <br /><br />''If the tyre is not removed immediately, it will strangle the crocodile because of its growing body.''<br /><br />Authorities are also opposed to using a tranquiliser on the animal, fearing it will disappear back into the water before the drugs have taken effect.
