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A hot topic in Australia is a man in his 40s who escaped safely with his bare chin open without losing his cool even after being bitten by an alligator.
According to CNN broadcast on the 28th (local time), a 44-year-old man living in Queensland in northeastern Australia was bitten by a crocodile 1.5-2m long while swimming in Placid Lake in Cairns City.
Alligators are said to have put a significant portion of the male head into their mouth.
However, the man calmly put his hand into the crocodile’s mouth, twisted the crocodile’s upper and lower jaws, and opened the crocodile’s mouth and escaped without fatal injury.
The head of an alligator bite had a hole in the tooth mark, and some fingers were also injured in the alligator’s teeth.
The man immediately reported to the rescue team, but the results of the examination showed that his basic physical condition such as pulse and blood pressure was very stable.
Rescuer Paul Sweeney said, “If the crocodile had bitten a little more, it would have been dangerous from damage to the aorta.” He said.
Sweeney added that the man has been swimming here three times a week for the past eight years. “He has a very good physique. I will take this risk and come again next time.”
The Queensland government’s Ministry of Environment, which was informed of the accident, said it was sending staff to the lake to search for alligators that attacked humans, and that they would kill them as soon as they were found.
Human attacks by crocodiles are rare in Australia, but the state of Queensland is calling attention, such as placing warning signs near crocodiles inhabited lakes.
In 2019, news was reported that a Queensland fisherman stricken his eyes when he encountered an alligator and escaped.
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