Them salt water crocs are nasty

"Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> A MAN killed by a crocodile on Thursday died from a single bite to
> the head and probably did not feel a thing.

So? I've eaten alligator (only a single bite) probably killed from a single
blow (or bullet) to the head by a MAN. That's Lizards 1 MAN 1. Doesn't
sound very nasty to me.

Dillon Pyron wrote:

> http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s051001.html
>
> A MAN killed by a crocodile on Thursday died from a single bite to
> the head and probably did not feel a thing.
>
>
> Ouch!

Not likely any time for ouch. I know alligators bite and spin. Do
crocs do the same? If so, I would imagine he would also have suffered a
broken neck making it a tossup as to cause of death.

http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s051001.html

A MAN killed by a crocodile on Thursday died from a single bite to
the head and probably did not feel a thing.


Ouch!
--
dillon

Anyone who says grown men don't cry has never
taken a differential equations final.

"nitespark" <nitespark@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Not likely any time for ouch. I know alligators bite and spin. Do crocs
> do the same? If so, I would imagine he would also have suffered a broken
> neck making it a tossup as to cause of death.

They tossup the bodies into the air? That would make for good video.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote:

> "Dillon Pyron" <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:6q16k1ti1845an2kdv5jsas6u6onkvguhk@4ax.com...
>
> > A MAN killed by a crocodile on Thursday died from a single bite to
> > the head and probably did not feel a thing.
>
> So? I've eaten alligator (only a single bite) probably killed from a single
> blow (or bullet) to the head by a MAN. That's Lizards 1 MAN 1. Doesn't
> sound very nasty to me.


From the article:

"He was the second man to be killed by a crocodile in the Territory in
five days."


In any event, the incident sounds fairly similar to California/PNW
incidents of freediver / Great White Shark: the divers know that
they're in a higher-risk environment, and there's the occasional ambush
by Apex predator that shows what the risk is.


-hh

"H Huntzinger" <{NOSPAM-rm_to_reply}rec-scuba2005@huntzinger.com> wrote in
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> From the article:
>
> "He was the second man to be killed by a crocodile in the Territory in
> five days."

Obviously I didn't read the article.

> In any event, the incident sounds fairly similar to California/PNW
> incidents of freediver / Great White Shark: the divers know that
> they're in a higher-risk environment, and there's the occasional ambush
> by Apex predator that shows what the risk is.

Not just freedivers. We SoCal scuba divers are putting ourselves at great
risk as well, but it's well worth it so we can talk about it later and sound
real manly.

"Greg Mossman" wrote

> Not just freedivers. We SoCal scuba divers are putting ourselves at great
> risk as well, but it's well worth it so we can talk about it later and
> sound real manly.

Fool anyone yet?

Curtis

""Magilla"" <cavey_curtis@$$ yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Greg Mossman" wrote
>
>> Not just freedivers. We SoCal scuba divers are putting ourselves at
>> great risk as well, but it's well worth it so we can talk about it later
>> and sound real manly.
>
> Fool anyone yet?

So says the guy who only dives in freshwater holes so the sharks can't get
to him.

"Greg Mossman" wrote in message news:11k8c7qp88noe1f@corp.supernews.com...
> So says the guy who only dives in freshwater holes so the sharks can't get
> to him.

Wrong-o... I dove with Curtis at Blue Springs (and nearly stepped on a
manatee in the process)... If the manatee could make it up from the ocean, a
shark could also...

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "nitespark" <nitespark@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:hYE0f.881$sE3.606@lakeread07...
>
>> Not likely any time for ouch. I know alligators bite and spin. Do crocs
>> do the same? If so, I would imagine he would also have suffered a broken
>> neck making it a tossup as to cause of death.
>
> They tossup the bodies into the air? That would make for good video.
>
Salt water crocs spin but they also have enormous jaw pressure.
There was another attack the other day where a 10 year old girl was attacked
but survived.

Pat