Posted on 05/26/2023 8:33:42 AM PDT by dennisw
A farmer, 72, fell into a crocodile enclosure in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap Luan Nam was pulled in when one of the reptiles pulled on the stick he was using
A 72-year-old farmer was killed by 'about 40 crocodiles' this morning after falling into their enclosure on the family's reptile farm.
Luan Nam was trying to move a crocodile out of its cage in Cambodia where it had laid eggs when it grabbed the stick he was using as a goad and pulled him in.
A group of reptiles swarmed him, tearing his body to pieces and leaving the enclosure in Siem Reap awash with blood.
The body was pictured, recovered, after the incident, but police said the man's arm was torn off and swallowed by the crocodiles.
Farmers in Cambodia often breed and sell crocodiles to buyers in China, Thailand and Vietnam where their skin can be made into leather and other products.
Mey Savry, police chief of Siem Reap commune, told AFP: 'While he was chasing a crocodile out of an egg-laying cage, the crocodile attacked the stick, causing him to fall into the enclosure.'
'Then other crocodiles pounced, attacking him until he was dead,' he said.
He added that the remains of the man's body were covered with bite marks.
Images after the attack showed the huge beasts still paddling in the pool after the body was recovered.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
He had a last smoke at least
Burt: I bought an ostrich farm.
Bea: Tell them what else happened.
Burt: It was next to a coyote farm.
That ‘70s Show (1998–2006): Season 5, Episode 13, “Your Time Is Gonna Come”
...the remains of the man's body were covered with bite marks.
The hell you say.
It was his favorite stick
“It was a good death.”
- Legends of the Fall
He was 72. Probably not very steady on his feet to begin with
[[Next time try raising rabbits instead. ]]
NO WAY! Haven’t you seen monty python’s search for the holy grail?
Like the zombies in Walking Dead, this is why I laugh when vegans tell me that eating meat is cruel. What’s crueler? Quickly and humanely dispatching a food source or eating the animal alive? Food is energy, and humans need it as much as any other creature. The difference between us and them is that we can understand its value. Nature doesn’t give a crap.
A simple hand railing would have saved his life.
Some things you just don’t cheapen out on in life, one of which is a cheap railing over the carnivorous dinosaur pen.
Did he get a good selfie?
Good point. Let's not paint all of the crocodiles with a broad brush because of the actions of a few.
Well, he died doing what he loved - goading crocodiles.
Good point. Let’s not paint all of the crocodiles with a broad brush because of the actions of a few.
You have that backwards. Even if there was only a couple ..then ALL are guilty.
Unless the are democrat crocs? then the crocs are the victim.
Live by the croc, die by the croc.
If the crocodiles are eating humans, will that affect the taste of the eggs?
Kind of puts a bad day at the office in perspective...
Back in 1992, there was a family in Phnom Penh who had a croc pit. Every Tuesday, they fed them live stray dogs (of which there was an overabundance) by dropping the poor pooches into it from the top of the wall. Some Westerners went to see the free show. Not I.
The Purist
“I give you now Professor Twist
The conscientious scientist.
Trustees exclaimed, “He never bungles”
And sent him off to distant jungles.
Camped on a tropic riverside
One day he missed his lovely bride.
She had, the guide informed him later,
Been eaten by an alligator.
Professor Twist could not but smile.
You mean,” he said “a crocodile.!”
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