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Australian man escapes crocodile by prizing jaws off his head
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 28 - 01 - 2021

A "remarkably lucky" Australian man who forced a crocodile off his head by prizing open its jaws with his bare hands has managed to escape with minor injuries, paramedics said.
The 44-year-old Queensland man fought off the creature while swimming at Lake Placid, near Cairns, on Thursday.
He had puncture wounds on each side of his face but was "very, very calm" when healthcare workers arrived to treat him.
"A crocodile had bitten his head, and in his effort to remove the jaws of the crocodile he put his hands in to try and prize the jaws apart," paramedic Paul Sweeney told reporters in Cairns. "In the process of trying to remove his hands, the jaws snapped shut on his forefinger. He's a remarkably lucky gentleman."
"Just a few centimeters lower and we have major blood vessels ... had one of those been punctured then it would have been a very different story," Sweeney said.
p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_EE4F5AAF-A6DF-9DEF-184C-48704EDE226C" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"He added that the unnamed man estimated the saltwater crocodile was between a meter and a half and two meters (4.92 feet to 6.56 feet) in length. p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_0E5C779C-E2FB-EA41-1DFA-4870D20EA7C6" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"Sweeney said the man had been swimming in that area three times a week for about eight years. "Certainly not a place I'd choose to swim," Sweeney said, describing him as a "very fit individual" and saying "his vital signs were remarkably calm when you consider the ordeal he'd been through." p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_F7E282C2-5B03-308A-BDE9-48CF85F35530" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px""I would not be surprised if he ventured into those waters again for further exercise," Sweeney added. p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_AD211DA7-DEDE-611F-F219-4880A1C68C86" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"The Queensland Environment Department sent a team to the site and said a "search for the crocodile responsible for the attack is now underway." p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_D11FD3E3-734A-0F45-3FC2-488131114968" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px""Once rangers are at the site, any crocodile found to be present will be targeted for removal," they said. p class="cn cn--idx-14 cn-list-hierarchical-xs cn-zoneAdContainer" data-layout="list-hierarchical-xs" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:15px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:24px; list-style:outside none none; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-top:0px; padding:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px" p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_130F6E28-C260-51DF-FA06-487630C6AD79" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"Crocodile attacks in Australia are rare, but Queensland officials run a public safety campaign to alert residents to the risks of swimming or relaxing near croc-infested waters. p class="zn-body__paragraph" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_E3FE00E8-375D-0774-C60C-487F3B55B19B" style="background-color:#fefefe; box-sizing:border-box; color:#262626; font-family:CNN,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Utkal,sans-serif; font-size:1.2rem; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:300; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:1.66667; margin-bottom:15px; margin-right:0px; text-align:justify; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px"In 2019, a Queensland fisherman narrowly escaped an attack by poking a crocodile in the eye.And last year, a massive 14-foot crocodile was captured at a tourist spot in neighboring Northern Territory.


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