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| Danish tourist has arm mauled after accidentally ‘body slamming’ crocodile in Australia | Danish tourist has arm mauled after accidentally ‘body slamming’ crocodile in Australia |
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| A Danish backpacker has had a lucky escape after accidentally “body slamming” a crocodile in Western Australia. | 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 attacked him at Lake Kununurra on Friday. | Johnny Bonde was treated in hospital for deep cuts to his right arm after the animal attacked him 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 initially tried to brush off the experience, but realised he would have to go to hospital when the wound would not stop bleeding. | |
| He admitted his first thought when getting out of the water was what his girlfriend would think of him. | |
| “It was the result of me being stupid,” Mr Bonde told the Perth-based Sunday Times. | “It was the result of me being stupid,” Mr Bonde told the Perth-based Sunday Times. |
| “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.” |
| This latest incident comes just days after footage of a similar attack in the country’s Northern Territory emerged, showing a tour guide almost losing an arm when he leaned over the side of a boat as a crocodile leapt out of the water to bite him. | This latest incident comes just days after footage of a similar attack in the country’s Northern Territory emerged, showing a tour guide almost losing an arm when he leaned over the side of a boat as a crocodile leapt out of the water to bite him. |
| Australia is home to two species of crocodile: the freshwater crocodile, which measures up to 2.5m long, and saltwater crocodiles, which can grow to 7m. | Australia is home to two species of crocodile: the freshwater crocodile, which measures up to 2.5m long, and saltwater crocodiles, which can grow to 7m. |