Just a point of interest. A three foot alligator or croc is very hard to hold even when you hold them the right way. I have held both. There is a way to hold/handle them and you try to keep them calm by being fairly relaxed but firm yourself but if they start to roll/wriggle, basically don't let go and kind of go with the movement a bit but hang on. Six foot, forget it! An Australian "salty" may run or move away from you if surprised but I wouldn't call it a scared animal. It will turn very quickly. If it were tied snout and feet you may get one into a large sort of bag but if it livened up life would get interesting. You can smell them, they have a slightly rank brackish "watery" sort of smell but among all the other odors often in aircraft in remote area operations you may not notice it.