A man snorkeling off the coast of Australia was attacked by a crocodile – and survived by prying its jaws off his head.
A man snorkeling off the coast of North Queensland, Australia, was attacked by a crocodile – and survived by prying its jaws off his head. released by the Queensland Government's hospital service, Marcus McGowan revealed that the attack happened on Saturday. He said he was snorkeling with his wife and friends about 25 miles off the Cape York coast and looking at coral and fish, when all of a sudden:"I was attacked from behind by a saltwater crocodile which got its jaws around my head.
"I thought it was a shark but when I reached up I realized it was a crocodile," he said."I was able to lever its jaws open just far enough to get my head out." The crocodile, he said, tried to go after him again. He said he couldn't tell just how large the crocodile was because the incident happened so fast, but he thinks it was likely a juvenile between 6 and 10 feet long. At that point, he was able to swim back to the boat, which immediately took him to Haggerstone Island, about 45 minutes away. During that trip, one of his friends, a firefighter, provided him with a bandage and gave him antibiotic shots to prevent infection from the bite.
The department said over the weekend that wildlife officials are conducting an investigation into the incident. Haggerstone Island, the department said, is known as"Croc country." "Crocodiles in the open ocean can be difficult to locate as the animals often travel tens of kilometres per day," the department
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