Crocodile

Researchers in Cuba are battling to save the critically endangered and endemic Cuban crocodile species, which is on the “edge of extinction”. Reportedly, this medium-sized crocodiles can be found palm-speckled Zapata and Isle of Youth. The government of Cuba is tightly controlling the sale of crocodile meat, to protect the species. It is believed that illegal hunting and hybridisation with American crocodiles have resulted in the decline in… read-more

A crocodile swallowed a 10-year-old child while bathing in the Chambal river in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh on July 11. Locals notified his family instantly and captured the crocodile. An alligator department team and a police squad arrived on the scene and attempted to rescue the crocodile from people. However, the boy's family refused, hoping the boy would be alive in the crocodile's stomach but people released the crocodile later on. 

Amelie Osborn-Smith, an 18-year-old from the UK, survived an attack by a 10-foot long crocodile. As per BBC, she was caught in the terrible accident on December 7 while whitewater rafting in the Zambezi river. Her lower legs were severely injured, while her hips got dislocated by the crocodile's deadly jaw. Following the incident, she was sent to Medland… read-more

Officials stated on November 10 that a 60-year-old Australian man escaped the jaws of a big crocodile by slashing it in the head multiple times with a pocket knife as it pulled him into the river. According to wildlife police, the man was "lucky to be alive" after surviving the harrowing assault on an isolated riverbank in Australia's far-northern Peninsula. "He, fortunately, escaped the grip of a four-meter crocodile," official stated. 

A security guard’s leg was ripped off by a crocodile while he was crossing the Sharda canal, located in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri near Dudhwa forest. Several people came to his rescue and freed him from the crocodile’s grab. The injured was taken to the government hospital and was later transported to a higher medical hospital in Lucknow. In the last two months, four people have been killed by crocodiles.