Crocodile attacks on people are not uncommon in places where crocodiles are native. A crocodile is any Species belonging to the family Crocodylidae (sometimes classified instead as the Subfamily Crocodylinae) The Saltwater and Nile Crocodiles are responsible for more attacks and more deaths than any other wild predator that attacks humans for food. The saltwater or estuarine crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living Crocodilians and Reptiles It is found in suitable The Nile crocodile ( Crocodylus niloticus) is an African Reptile of the family Crocodylidae.
Each year, hundreds of deadly attacks occur in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Crocodile attacks on people in regions where those animals are not native usually make news headlines.
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Background
An accurate count of annual crocodile attacks on humans is difficult to obtain. Many of the areas in which humans and large crocodiles come into contact are remote, impoverished, or in areas of political unrest. Poverty (also called penury) is deprivation of common necessities that determine the quality of life including food clothing shelter and safe Drinking water, and Thus, crocodile attacks are not always reported to local authorities, and some reports are difficult to verify. However every year it is estimated hundreds of humans are killed by crocodiles.
The most deaths in a single crocodile attack incident may have occurred during the Battle of Ramree Island, on February 19, 1945, in what is now Burma. The Battle of Ramree Island was fought for six weeks during January and February 1945 as part of the British Fourteenth Army 1944/45 offensive on the Southern Front Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. Nine hundred soldiers of an Imperial Japanese Army unit, in an attempt to retreat from the Royal Navy and rejoin a larger battalion of the Japanese infantry, crossed through ten miles of mangrove swamps that contained Saltwater Crocodiles. The Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA) ( Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國陸軍 Shinjitai: ja 大日本帝国陸軍 Romaji: Dai-Nippon Teikoku The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Mangroves (generally are Trees and Shrubs that grow in saline coastal habitats in the Tropics and Subtropics. The saltwater or estuarine crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living Crocodilians and Reptiles It is found in suitable Twenty Japanese soldiers were captured alive by the British, and almost five hundred are known to have escaped Ramree. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. Many of the remainder may have been eaten by the crocodiles, although gunfire from the British troops was undoubtedly a contributory factor.
Precautions and information
- Crocodiles become more aggressive during the mating season.
- Crocodiles can move very fast over short distances on land.
- Crocodiles are adept at learning and memorizing routines, such as the location of nearby campers or the routes of travelers.
- In water, crocodiles tend to drag their prey under and drown them. Drowning is Death as caused by suffocation when a liquid causes interruption of the body's absorption of oxygen from the air leading to Asphyxia.
- Crocodiles can slow their metabolism to such an extent that a tree with an intruder hiding in its branches may be guarded continuously for several weeks, without breaks for food. Metabolism is the set of Chemical reactions that occur in living Organisms in order to maintain Life.
- Crocodiles have strong muscles for closing their jaws and holding them shut, but weak muscles for opening them.
- There is a sensitive flap in a crocodile's throat, known as the glottis, which they use for breathing. The glottis is defined as the combination of the Vocal folds and the space in between the folds (the Rima glottidis) As a result, as with some other predators, forcing the arm into the throat may encourage release, although this is not certain by any means and may instead lead to the arm being severed.
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- Sometimes, an attacking crocodile will bite, hold on, and then rapidly spin its body to weaken its prey or tear off limbs (the 'death roll').
Some well-reported attacks
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Since 1990, many people have been killed by crocodiles throughout Southeast Asia and Australia.
- In February 1982, an Iban village headman. Iban could be The Iban people (or Sea Dayak) an ethnic group in Kalimantan ( Indonesian Borneo) and Sarawak
- On May 22, 1992, an Iban girl, Dayang anak Bayang was killed by Bujang Senang at Pelaban River, another tributary of the great Batang Lupar River near Lingga in Sri Aman Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Sri Aman Division is one of the eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the Island of Borneo. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The killer crocodile was shot to death by several police sharpshooters and Iban hunters after a four-hour ordeal. It was the biggest and oldest crocodile ever caught in the area.
- On March 19, 2006, University of Washington medical professor Richard Root, age 68, who had moved to alleviate a shortage of physicians, was killed on a wildlife tour of the Limpopo River when a crocodile emerged from the river, grabbed Dr. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University Richard K Root ( 1 December 1937 – March 19, 2006) was a clinical teacher at the University of Washington Medical Center and former The Limpopo River rises in central southern Africa, and flows generally eastwards to the Indian Ocean. Root and pulled him under.
- In September 2005, Russell Harris, a 37-year-old British engineer, was killed by a large saltwater crocodile while snorkeling off Picnic Beach in Australia [2]. His body was recovered.
- In August 2005, a 60-year-old man was dragged underwater by a crocodile in northeastern Australia.
- In October 2002, 23-year old German student Isobel von Jordan was killed by a saltwater crocodile in Kakadu National Park, Australia. The saltwater or estuarine crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus) is the largest of all living Crocodilians and Reptiles It is found in suitable Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km south-east of Darwin.
- In April 2002, 35-year-old British musician Richard Shadwell was killed by a crocodile in Borneo. Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia.
- Another relatively famous, or infamous, crocodile hails from the Rusizi River and has been named Gustave. Gustave is a massive Nile crocodile living in Burundi. Estimated to be at least in length and weighing around 1 Ton, he is the largest crocodile ever Estimated to exceed 6 meters (20 feet) in length, and to weigh in excess of 1 ton (2,000 lbs, or 900 kg) Gustave has been credited with killing some 300 people, though this is most likely an exaggeration. Numerous capture attempts have been made, including using a massive bear trap in 2002, however Gustave has managed to evade capture. Gustave is the basis of the film Primeval (originally titled "Gustave"), which follows a news team sent to Burundi to capture Gustave; while doing so they become the target of a warlord in the midst of an African civil war. Primeval is a 2007 horror Thriller film which was released on January 12, 2007. Burundi (buˈɾundi officially the Republic of Burundi, is a small country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda
See also
References
- Edwards, Hugh Crocodile Attack/Dramatic True Stories of Fatal and Near-Fatal Encounters Between Humans and Crocodiles ISBN 0-06-016121-3 (1989)
- Fitzgerald, Patrick Croc and Gator Attacks ISBN 0-516-23514-1 (2000)
External links
- General
- Keller, Michelle "When crocodiles attack!" Stanford University Daily (Nov. Divers face specific physical and Health Risks when they go Underwater (e The Battle of Ramree Island was fought for six weeks during January and February 1945 as part of the British Fourteenth Army 1944/45 offensive on the Southern Front Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in 19, 2003)
- BBC, "Uganda culls man-eating crocs", 25 (March 25, 2002)
- Specific attacks
- MSNBC: Boy killed in crocodile attack in Mexico
- Divester "Croc Kills Scuba Diver" (September 29, 2005) [3]
- The Mirror, "Snorkel Brit is Killed by Croc"
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