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faceless admin
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: Crocodile bites arm off keeper |
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Croc bites off zookeeper's arm
Thursday, April 12, 2007
A 200kg kilogram has bitten off a zookeeper's arm - but surgeons managed to reattach it after reclaiming the limb from the reptile's mouth. The male crocodile severed Chang Po-yu's forearm at the Shaoshan Zoo in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung. Mr Chang, a zookeeper and vet, had been trying to retrieve a tranquiliser dart from the crocodile's hide so he could give it medication. But he appears not to have realised the reptile was not fully sedated when he stuck his arm through an iron rail.
As Chang was rushed to the hospital, a zoo worker ran up to the crocodile and carefully fired at its neck. The arm slipped from the animal's jaw and bounced across the ground. As the crocodile slumped stunned, an anxious zoo worker sealed the severed arm in a bag and sprinted off with it. Fortunately, the forearm was reattached following seven hours of surgery.
'The crocodile was unharmed as we didn't find any bullet holes on its hide,' zoo official Chen Po-Tsun said. 'It probably was shocked and opened its mouth to let go of the limb.'
The 17-year-old reptile is one of a pair of Nile crocodiles kept by the Kaohsiung zoo. The zoo bought the animal ten years ago from a local resident who had kept it as a pet.
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IRiSHMaFIA Admin
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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OMG that's so gross seeing the arm hang out of its mouth I almost feel stomach sick. Poor bugger |
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maycm 'cheeky banana'
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Give the guy a big hand........ |
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nekokate
Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Location: West Yorkshire, UK
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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CRIKEY!!!!! |
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girldorksrule Arrrrrrr...scurvy!
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Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: Crocodile bites arm off keeper |
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I hope this picture gets some award. That is awesome. |
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