Fatso the 16' croc takes offence at being ridden.

[highland145]

"God looks out for fools and drunks."

The crocodile, called Fatso, bit the 36-year-old man's leg, tearing chunks of flesh from him as he straddled the reptile.
He received surgery to serious wounds to his leg and is recovering in hospital, police say.
He had been chucked out of a pub in the town of Broome for being too drunk.
The man, who was not named by the police, climbed over a fence and tried to sit on the 800kg (1,800lb) saltwater crocodile. "Fatso has taken offence to this and has spun around and bit this man on the right leg," Sgt Roger Haynes of Broome police told journalists.

Too drunk? No sh*t.

"No person in their right mind would try to sit on a 5m crocodile, Saltwater crocodiles, once they get hold of you, are not renowned for letting you go."
The man staggered back to the pub bleeding heavily.
Pub manager Mark Phillips said staff told him that the man reappeared at about 11pm with bits of bark hanging off him and flesh gouged out of his limbs.
"They said he had chunks out of his legs and things like that," Mr Phillips told The West Australian news website.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10611973.stm

Edit: So at 16' and 1800lbs is he really fat?

 

[waggy]

sad part is i bet the poor crocodile gets killed over this.

 

[spidey07]

I wanted to see picks of said wee flesh wound.

 

[highland145]

sad part is i bet the poor crocodile gets killed over this.

Hope not. He wasn't roaming free. Don't know about law suit down under though.

My favorite "got eaten" story.
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/14580616/detail.html

 

[Lean L]

While he was an idiot, let this be a PSA against extremely drunken adventures. I've had many of them. The worst one was when I seriously contemplated stealing an unmarked police car just for fun. Glad I did not do that.

 

[highland145]

While he was an idiot, let this be a PSA against extremely drunken adventures. I've had many of them. The worst one was when I seriously contemplated stealing an unmarked police car just for fun. Glad I did not do that.

User name would have applied then.

 

[KMFJD]

I've been to that park....no way i'd ever get inside those cages, those bastards are big!

 

[ahenkel]

Reminds me of the naked crack addict in Florida that got his arm eaten by an alligator

 

[highland145]

I've been to that park....no way i'd ever get inside those cages, those bastards are big!

Can/could the guy sue based on the laws, if you know?

 

[Gooberlx2]

sad part is i bet the poor crocodile gets killed over this.

I doubt it. It's a crocodile. No one expects them to not bite people. If anything, the park might be asked to consider further securing their pens, but they looked pretty well capable of keeping the croc in and any reasonable people out.

 

[ScottyB]

 

[Gibsons]

I doubt it. It's a crocodile. No one expects them to not bite people. If anything, the park might be asked to consider further securing their pens, but they looked pretty well capable of keeping the croc in and any reasonable people out.

That's what I was thinking - this croc did exactly what you'd expect any croc to do. Well I take that back a little, I'm surprised the guy lived.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Edit: So at 16' and 1800lbs is he really fat?

At 16'0" and 1800 lbs, that's a BMI of 34.3.

That crocodile is obese.

 

[highland145]

At 16'0" and 1800 lbs, that's a BMI of 34.3.

That crocodile is obese.

Let's see if you get in there and ride him before his fat a** eats you. Video please.

edit: Where's Blah today? Isn't this his area of expertise?

 

[Balt]

Get that gold jacket like I never got... 😀

Edit: haha, I never noticed until that pic that he's wearing Lacoste. 😛

 

[Wheezer]

At 16'0" and 1800 lbs, that's a BMI of 34.3.

That crocodile is obese.

yeah but he ain't stupid....he let dinner come to him.

 

[KMFJD]

Can/could the guy sue based on the laws, if you know?

I hope not, the fence is atleast 5' high, how can you sue someone for climbing a fence and jumping into a crocodile enclosure?

 

[highland145]

I hope not, the fence is atleast 5' high, how can you sue someone for climbing a fence and jumping into a crocodile enclosure?

Just look at our court system. Blows the mind sometimes. Didn't know if Australia had similar frivolous suits.

 

[kalrith]

sad part is i bet the poor crocodile gets killed over this.

Hopefully he won't since it's in Australia. If it were in Florida, then he most definitely would:

"Anytime an alligator digests or even kills a person, it is a state law through the Florida Fish and Game that the gator be destroyed" (Source).

 

[DrPizza]

Hopefully he won't since it's in Australia. If it were in Florida, then he most definitely would:

"Anytime an alligator digests or even kills a person, it is a state law through the Florida Fish and Game that the gator be destroyed" (Source).

It's a crocodile, not an alligator.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Hopefully he won't since it's in Australia. If it were in Florida, then he most definitely would:

"Anytime an alligator digests or even kills a person, it is a state law through the Florida Fish and Game that the gator be destroyed" (Source).

Even in Florida, legislation/jurisdiction may differ between wild animals and those kept in pens, inside parks.

 

[highland145]

Even in Florida, legislation/jurisdiction may differ between wild animals and those kept in pens, inside parks.

Posted this above. Should have given him a parade.
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/14580616/detail.html

 

[kalrith]

It's a crocodile, not an alligator.

Do you really think the state law is going to be different between the two?

Even in Florida, legislation/jurisdiction may differ between wild animals and those kept in pens, inside parks.

That's true.

Posted this above. Should have given him a parade.
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/14580616/detail.html

Sadly enough I pulled that quote from your link, which means that alligator likely got the axe for his good deed.

 

[highland145]

Sadly enough I pulled that quote from your link, which means that alligator likely got the axe for his good deed.

He did🙁 and I don't think the "eaten" cared if it were a croc or gater.🙂