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
“Lefty” Po-Yu needs a new nickname.
heck,the doc is glad the croc didn’t rip his head off.If I were a croc and someone was coming after me with a LOOOOOOOONG needle I’d be ripping and a tearing....
Tastes like chicken.
Dayyyyummmmm. Thats gonna leave a mark.
Man, Steve Irwin is really missed.
Shades of Chubbs Peterson from “Happy Gilmore.”
Notwithstanding their primitive, virtually IQ-free brains, these creatures continue to outsmart humans on a pretty regular basis. Common sense would seem to dictate using a dart, when anesthetizing a huge beast with an impressive rack of teeth and a well-earned reputation for dealing with humans as snacks.
Wow
The missed watching that episode. I think American Idol was on that night.
Arm sandwich anyone?
These Ozzies just DON’T “get it”....DO they...???
Ah,
go play with a stingray.
That video is a good example of it.
Do you think the vet said, now open wide? Ouch, that’s got to hurt.
It’s o.k..... the croc will be hungry again in 20 minutes....
Yep. Now he has a stupid looking thumb to match.
I thought it was a pretty good idea how they cut off one of his toes and made a thumb out of it.
I wonder if the ding-dong still feeds morays hot dogs with his fingers?
Better his fingers than his ding-dong.
Hey - you tossed me a softball and I swung for the fences. ;0)
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