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Crocodile in Australia bites man and eats dog
The 4.2 m long crocodile that attacked a man by a river and then killed his dog. photo
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A 37-year-old is walking his dog along a boat ramp when a crocodile suddenly attacks. It’s the eleventh crocodile attack Down Under in two years.
A giant crocodile attacked a man by a river in tropical north Australia and then killed his dog. The attack happened on Wednesday in Bloomfield, Queensland, when the 37-year-old was walking his dog “Magic Molly” at a boat ramp, the AAP news agency reported on Friday. Rangers discovered and shot the 4.2-meter-long reptile 200 meters from the site of the attack on Thursday evening because it represented an “unacceptable risk”. An autopsy found the remains of the dog in the reptile’s stomach.
A video shared by the Australian media showed the crocodile suddenly emerging from the brown waters and biting the man in the leg. He was able to free himself and then desperately tried to save his dog, who had pulled the crocodile into the river in no time at all. Again and again he hit the reptile until it submerged. The injured man was flown to a hospital in Cairns.
The Bloomfield River is known as a popular habitat for crocodiles, said Michael Joyce of the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service. The incident should serve as a warning to other residents, he stressed. According to AAP, it was the 11th crocodile attack Down Under in two years.