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Sick croc strikes back (bites veterinarian’s arm off – WARNING GRAPHIC PHOTO)
Sydney Morning Herald ^
| April 12, 2007 - 12:55AM
Posted on 04/11/2007 10:57:53 AM PDT by dead
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.
A vet's torn arm in the jaws of a crocodile at a zoo in southern Taiwan.
Photo: AFP
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.
AFP
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posted on
04/11/2007 10:57:54 AM PDT
by
dead
To: dead
2
posted on
04/11/2007 10:58:36 AM PDT
by
RexBeach
("Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion." Will Rogers)
To: dead
OK,
so maybe he wasn’t THAT sick!
3
posted on
04/11/2007 10:59:22 AM PDT
by
najida
(Just call me a chicken rancher :))
To: dead
To: dead
now if you hadn’t put that “warning” on the thread... I may have kept my lunch...
5
posted on
04/11/2007 11:00:10 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(I can forgive you for killing my sons, but I cannot forgive you for forcing me to kill your sons)
To: dead
To: najida
Dont they normally duct tape the mouth closed?
7
posted on
04/11/2007 11:01:42 AM PDT
by
txroadhawg
("To compare Congress to drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors." Ronald Reagan)
To: dead
this is the ole dynamite-match thing.......two things that should not be together at the same time
8
posted on
04/11/2007 11:01:45 AM PDT
by
advertising guy
(If computer skills named us, I'd be back-space delete.)
To: dead
Those big boys don’t play.
9
posted on
04/11/2007 11:02:25 AM PDT
by
Condor 63
To: txroadhawg
Maybe the duct tape was in the other hand?
10
posted on
04/11/2007 11:02:32 AM PDT
by
najida
(Just call me a chicken rancher :))
To: dead
11
posted on
04/11/2007 11:02:34 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(AL GORE STALKED ME ON 2/25/2007!)
To: dead
12
posted on
04/11/2007 11:02:34 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(If you're conservative, then support a conservative candidate. Support Duncan Hunter for POTUS.)
To: txroadhawg
Dont they normally duct tape the mouth closed? Or at least shoot the croc with a tranq instead of getting up close and personal?
13
posted on
04/11/2007 11:02:42 AM PDT
by
The Blitherer
("What the devil is keeping the Yanks?")
To: MARTIAL MONK
There goes his part-time job hanging wallpaper
14
posted on
04/11/2007 11:03:14 AM PDT
by
digger48
To: dead
Good grief! That croc was dangerous to begin with, and then he became armed and dangerous.
15
posted on
04/11/2007 11:03:19 AM PDT
by
Chena
To: dead
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posted on
04/11/2007 11:03:30 AM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
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To: dead
Okay, I know everyone going to make sick jokes at the expense of this poor man’s misfortune, but I have a serious question. Is it not possible to develop some sort of dart gun or VERY long syringe to administer the tranquilizer and prevent this sort of mishap from happening again?
To: dead
The worst part is that the crocodile looks like it’s laughing.
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posted on
04/11/2007 11:03:50 AM PDT
by
The Blitherer
("What the devil is keeping the Yanks?")
To: dead
was injecting the sick crocodile with anaesthetic when it attacked him
I don't like getting shots either. :)
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posted on
04/11/2007 11:03:59 AM PDT
by
Daus
To: dead
Great trick! Give the little lady a big hand!
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