Kaohsiung, Taiwan, April 11, 2007—Armed and dangerous, a Nile crocodile prowls the Kaohsiung zoo (top picture). Veterinarian Chang Po-yu was reaching through iron bars to remove tranquilizer darts before treating the 440-pound (200-kilogram) reptile when the inadequately sedated animal bit the vet's forearm off.

But for the vet, it wasn't quite a farewell to arm.

After being shot at twice, but apparently unhit, the croc dropped the arm. After seven hours of surgery, doctors successfully reattached the appendage, shown at bottom on a smiling Chang on April 12.

The largest African crocodile species, the Nile croc may be threatened in some parts of its range, according to the World Conservation Union. The reptiles can reach 16 feet (5 meters) in length and are estimated to kill 200 people a year.

For the pictures, go HERE

damn!

Ouch!!

This reminds me of what my grandpa taught me:

Never stroke a croc

PurpleJedi said:

Lower arm? Is that a metaphor?

AnckSuNamun said:

I pity the croc that messes with me!

my bestest friend is a vet.

today i watched a castration of a cat and a sterilisation of a pusspuss.

PurpleJedi said:

That's right.....don't fuck with Mr. T.

Shit.

See, this is why I'm going into human medicine. . . vets have it rough.

Yikes!! That vet was lucky in that they could sew his hand back on. That must have been a truly frightening experience for him.

PurpleJedi said: