Mom accused of throwing son to his death in crocodile-infested canal
Indian police have arrested the parents of a 6-year-old deaf and nonverbal boy who's body was found in a canal with signs of a crocodile attack.
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Indian police have arrested the parents of a 6-year-old deaf and nonverbal boy who's body was found in a canal with signs of a crocodile attack.
A man in Florida is sharing his story of an attack by a rare American crocodile in Everglades National Park over the weekend. He was bitten, but managed to survive. It was one of two reptile attacks in the state on the same day.
Rodrigo Constain was bitten by a crocodile over the weekend after his sailboat capsized in the Florida Everglades. Roxana Saberi shares his frightening story.
The boater was attempting to swim to shore when he was bitten
The Australian fisherman said it was "sheer luck" that the crocodile was only in his boat a short time.
In another "curious" observation, researchers discovered that the crocodiles love basking in marigold flowers.
The city has launched an operation to find the large number of crocodiles.
Jesús "Chucho" Alberto López Ortiz was killed by a crocodile after jumping into Costa Rica's Cañas River as horrified witnesses looked on.
The swimming area where the man was attacked remains closed and will not reopen until surveys show it is safe.
About two minutes of footage shows the reptile thrashing and growling as trappers struggle to restrain it in the backyard of a home in Plantation Key.
DNA analysis determined that the crocodile's nonviable fetus was 99.9% genetically identical to its mother.
The snorkeler believes the crocodile may have been between 6 and 10 feet long.
One of the man's arms was bitten off and swallowed by the crocodiles, police said.
He was part of a group on a fishing trip in croc-infested waters. A police inspector described his demise as "a tragic, tragic ending."
The crocodiles were euthanized by wildlife officers and the police department is preparing a report for the coroner.
The man was "very lucky" to have survived, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said.
Babia was thought never to have attacked another animal or any human, surviving for decades on a vegetarian diet.