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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Crocodile Chomps Off Zoo Worker's Arm

Taiwanese Zoo Worker Has Arm Reattached After Crocodile Attack

The Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A zoo worker had his forearm reattached Thursday after his colleagues recovered the severed limb from the mouth of a 440-pound Nile crocodile, an official said.

The crocodile severed Chang Po-yu's forearm on Wednesday at the Shaoshan Zoo in the southern city of Kaohsiung when the veterinarian tried to retrieve a tranquilizer dart from the reptile's hide, zoo officials said.

The Liberty Times newspaper said Chang failed to notice the crocodile was not fully anesthetized when he stuck his arm through an iron rail to medicate it.

As Chang was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday, a zoo worker shot two bullets at the crocodile's neck to retrieve the forearm, said Chen Po-tsun, a zoo official.

"The crocodile was unharmed as we didn't find any bullet holes on its hide," Chen 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 crocodile is listed as an endangered species, and is rapidly disappearing from its native African habitat.

Chen said the zoo purchased the crocodile from a local resident who had kept it as a pet.

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[Niels Bohr 72]

OMG!!!

[MPGGPM 0]

Thanks for posting that right before dinner time.

[eric&gen 0]

Is that ture lol? The arm looks kinda fake.

[Niels Bohr 72]

It's a clean picture. Very clean. Someone took their time focusing it while the victim is screaming and going into shock.

[Nagishkaw 510]

Oh my ! He is fortunate it wasn't more than a forearm.

[Otto 83]

"OK Everybody...Let's hear it for Chang Po-yu....Give him a hand every one...."

[eric&gen 0]

CLAP CLAP CLAP is that his right arm or left because he wont be able to play pocket pool for awhile

[peejay 327]

The wife and I often take nature trips out to the boonies where gators are along the coast of Texas. We often stumble across huge gators on the trails. My wife being a Russian, is not used to being around such things. She thinks they are like statues because they don't move while sunning. She lacks the fear she should have for them. A big mistake as the photo shows.

[JODO 2]

Oh my!

[Otto 83]

This is what happens when you open the Do Not Open Envelope...

[JODO 2]

Oh my!

There's a slideshow about it here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gallery/2007/apr...cture=329776192

[bgreed 0]

JUst a note about an inaccuracy in the article. the Nile cocodile is not endangered, it is found in just about every body of water in Africa. and is the number two killer of human beings in rural areas. Number one believe it or not is the hippopotamos.

[~Chad~ 0]

what a load of croc