Queensland’s environment department has expanded an investigation into an American influencer who posted videos of himself wrangling crocodiles in the state’s north.

Mike Holston, who goes by the handle @therealtarzann online, posted two videos on Friday and Sunday showing himself pouncing on the wild animals in the Lockhart River region, in Far North Queensland.

In the first video Holston can be seen jumping off a boat into the water to chase down and tackle a freshwater crocodile, suffering a bite wound on his arm in the process.

American influencer Mike Holston handling a juvenile saltwater crocodile in Far North Queensland. Credit: therealtarzann

“Ever since I was a kid I wanted to come to Australia and just look at crocodiles,” Holston said in the video.

The Department of the

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