Vet's arm saved after croc bite

#1

April 14, 2007 09:00am

A TAIWANESE zoo today admitted that it has mistakenly identified for
eight years a crocodile that bit off a vet's left forearm.

A local wildlife expert viewing dramatic television footage of Wednesday's
attack pointed out that the animal resembled a saltwater crocodile from
Asia rather a Nile crocodile from Africa.

The reptile, kept at the Shou Shan Zoo in Kaohsiung city, bit off the vet's
arm and held it in its mouth.

Chang Po-yu, the 38-year-old vet who was attacked, was recovering in a
stable condition in hospital after six hours of surgery which re-attached his arm.

Meanwhile, the 300-kilogram male crocodile survived the shooting and is now
attracting lots of visitors to its enclosure, zoo officials said.

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#2

If it bit the arm off and held it in it's mouth.......how did they get it fast enough to get it to the hospital?? Craziness what modern medical science can do. lol

#3

There's a vid to it too, they shot the croc like twice, it didn't penetrate its skin but he dropped it, and some Asian guy was running fast as hell to get it to the hospital, where they attached it back after 7 hours of surgery...

#4

Well ain't that awesome.

#5

"We are the Chompions... we are the Chompions. No time for losers..."

Lost Ghost · #6

^ lmao that was so damn lame...

#7

Why is you arm so close to something that big and powerful???

WHole new context to Tommy John surgery

#8

QUOTE(gmsnctry @ Apr 17 2007, 07:27 AM) Why is you arm so close to something that big and powerful???

Darwin?