The latest incident occurred in August 2011 when Greaves, 23, was working on a crayfish trawler in Princess
Charlotte Bay and jumped
into the water to pose for photos with the animal. He later posted images on Facebook and other social media
sites that showed him hugging the dugong, swimming with it and sitting on
its tail.The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority frowns on such things, so after receiving a tip about the photos, launched an investigation which led to last weeks court case and fine.
Last May, Greaves was
fined $4500 after he posted photos and a video showing him
wrestling a crocodile on Hicks Island near Lockhart River. In that incident, which also took place in 2011, a 21-year-old friend by the name of Theodore Peter Hewish also received a fine, this one for $1000, for filming Greaves wrestling the croc.Greaves was described to the court as a serial offender, who had also previously been in trouble for taking pythons and sea snakes and posing with them in photos.
Although it seems he has removed, or at least made private, Facebook pictures of himself with the dugong and crocodile, a photo of him with the python remains, as you can see above. It has a caption that reads: "don't play with big snakes they bite harder."
The photo of a naked and bloodied-looking Greaves below appears on the Facebook page of a friend, with a comment from Greaves that explains (?!), "thats the work of our friendly little pet grogsy he loves biting naked drunk people."
