Croc bites vetinarian's arm off

[Grizzly_Adams]

From http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/sick-croc-strikes-back/2007/04/12/1175971189283.html

Police in Taiwan were forced to shoot a crocodile after it bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it, an official said on Wednesday.
Dramatic television footage showed a police officer firing on the animal to wrest the severed limb from its jaws.
Chang Po-yu, 38, from the southern Kaohsiung city's Shou Shan Zoo, was injecting the sick crocodile with anaesthetic when it attacked him.
He was said to be in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital for an emergency operation to re-attach his arm, an local official said, although it was not immediately clear whether Chang would recover.



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[Ken]

holy moly thats one big croc he obviously doesnt like injections:D

[JohnE]

Is that a syringe I see in the hand,
hell, thats one big croc, i wonder what it would do if it were mad.

Will have to look at the footage, to see if they nailed it.


john

[Defender=1st]

Time for a job change:p

[mns488]

and to think my girlfriend (vet) complains about the cat and dog bites...

[MickS]

Not a knuckle sandwich for lunch again....

[p38arover]

I would have expected a lot more damage to the arm from the croc's teeth than what can be seen. It looks almost undamaged.

Ron

[cartm58]

well you could say that this crocidile skin when made into handbags will have the ability to be self opening

[loanrangie]

I would have expected a lot more damage to the arm from the croc's teeth than what can be seen. It looks almost undamaged.

Ron

Crocs usually bite and roll twisting the limb off.

[amtravic1]

there does not appear to be enough damage for that arm to have been bitten/torn off. The croc would need to have grabbed the lower arm hard but there appears to be no marks.

[cartm58]

what you are doing is assuming that he bit the arm off where he is photographed with the remainder in his jaws. He probably chewed the arm higher up and has been playing with the remains and re-positioning them within his jaw.

What l dont understand is why the croc jaws wasn't roped or taped shut, you see this done everytime a croc gets handled in any documentary on tv.

[Quiggers]

The skeptic in me does wonder about this report. I'd like to see the victim.
But having been to a croc farm in Thailand, I'd think anything is possible.
Such a perfect photo... timing!

GQ