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| Danish tourist has arm mauled after accidentally body slamming a crocodile in Australia | Danish tourist has arm mauled after accidentally body slamming a crocodile in Australia |
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| A Danish backpacker has had a lucky escape after accidentally “body slamming” a crocodile in Western Australia. | |
| Johnny Bonde was treated in hospital for deep cuts to his right arm after the animal bit it at Lake Kununurra on Friday. | Johnny Bonde was treated in hospital for deep cuts to his right arm after the animal bit it at Lake Kununurra on Friday. |
| The 27-year-old told The West Australian he had spotted the freshwater crocodile in the water and had perched on the bank to take photographs of it before losing his footing. | The 27-year-old told The West Australian he had spotted the freshwater crocodile in the water and had perched on the bank to take photographs of it before losing his footing. |
| He said: “Next thing I know I’m sliding down the bank and then I just toppled over and landed straight on top of the croc. | He said: “Next thing I know I’m sliding down the bank and then I just toppled over and landed straight on top of the croc. |
| “He got a pretty good grip on me and shook me around a bit. | “He got a pretty good grip on me and shook me around a bit. |
| “There was just splashing and I could feel a bit of pain in my arm. It wasn’t that bad though – I was more shocked than anything.” | “There was just splashing and I could feel a bit of pain in my arm. It wasn’t that bad though – I was more shocked than anything.” |
| A video obtained by the newspaper showed Mr Bonde holding his bloodied right arm above a sink. | A video obtained by the newspaper showed Mr Bonde holding his bloodied right arm above a sink. |
| He said he then went back to the caravan park where he was staying with his girlfriend, Kirsty Jacobs, and initially tried to “brush off” the experience before going to hospital because “it kept bleeding”. | He said he then went back to the caravan park where he was staying with his girlfriend, Kirsty Jacobs, and initially tried to “brush off” the experience before going to hospital because “it kept bleeding”. |
| His first thought when getting out of the water was to worry that Ms Jacobs would think he was being stupid, he added. | His first thought when getting out of the water was to worry that Ms Jacobs would think he was being stupid, he added. |
| He told the Perth Sunday Times: “It was the result of me being stupid. | He told the Perth Sunday Times: “It was the result of me being stupid. |
| “I pretty much body slammed him. If somebody body slammed me at night, I would be angry too.” | “I pretty much body slammed him. If somebody body slammed me at night, I would be angry too.” |
| Australia is home to two forms of crocodile: the freshwater crocodile, which measures up to 2.5m long, and saltwater crocodiles which can grow up to a maximum of seven metres. | Australia is home to two forms of crocodile: the freshwater crocodile, which measures up to 2.5m long, and saltwater crocodiles which can grow up to a maximum of seven metres. |
| It comes just days after footage of a similar incident in the country’s Northern Territory emerged where a tour guide almost lost an arm leaning over the side of a boat when a crocodile leapt out of the water in an attempt to bite it off. | It comes just days after footage of a similar incident in the country’s Northern Territory emerged where a tour guide almost lost an arm leaning over the side of a boat when a crocodile leapt out of the water in an attempt to bite it off. |
| The tour guide reminded his guests not to put their hands over the sides after he was able to move his hand away from the crocodile’s snapping jaws with just moments to spare. | The tour guide reminded his guests not to put their hands over the sides after he was able to move his hand away from the crocodile’s snapping jaws with just moments to spare. |