2023-05-27 19:29:00
On Friday May 26, a 72-year-old man died following the attack of 40 crocodiles who were in their reptile reserve located in Cambodia, Asia. The animals bit him repeatedly and, despite attempts to get out of the situation, he mightn’t get away of the animals.
The events occurred shortly following noon. As reported by the news outlet Thmeythmey, The victim, whose identity was not released, was in the village of Po Banteay, near the city of Siem Reap, when fell abruptly into the pond surrounded by animals.
As reported, tried to collect the eggs left by a female. With a stick, she wanted to move the animal but it reacted aggressively, making it lose its balance and dragged him into the enclosure.
The emergency services removed the body.according to what was expressed by the local police chief, Mai Samet, who mentioned the man’s last minutes alive.
“A first crocodile broke his arm and then, accompanied by the other reptiles, caused injuries to the extremities and in the abdomen, so that when his wife saw him and asked for help to rescue him, it was already too late to save his life,” he told the aforementioned portal.
On the other hand, he gave his opinion regarding the tragedy and He assured that everything had been avoided with the corresponding precautions: “Usually, crocodile breeders when they see an egg they take it out, close the cage and keep them.”
Finally, he recalled that another farm in the same town also experienced a tragedy of this nature. “A two-year-old girl was eaten by crocodiles in 2019. These events happen and more caution should be exercised,” he closed.
In August 2022, a situation with characteristics similar to what happened in Cambodia also moved the inhabitants of a city located in the United States. It was regarding the death of Nancy Becker, an 88-year-old woman, who, while doing yard work near a pond in the Sun City Hilton Head neighborhood, slipped into the water and was attacked by a crocodile.
Unfortunately, they only managed to rescue his body without vital signs. This way, it became the second such fatality confirmed in South Carolina over the past year. Baeufort County representative Angela Viens explained that later officials from the Department of Natural Resources captured the reptile that measured almost three meters.
The Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 report at 11:15 am, following a resident told them a large alligator was guarding a human body. “When we got there, that’s exactly what we found, a crocodile covering a body.”Viens said.
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