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A crocodile bit Australian farmer Colin Deveraux and was about to drag him into the water but Colin bit the crocodile back and freed himself. (Image: Shutterstock/Representative)
Colin Deveraux said the crocodile’s eyelid was thick and heavy and was like ‘holding onto leather’.
Australian farmer Colin Deveraux repelled a crocodile attack by biting back at the crocodile, according to a report by the ABC News. Colin told the ABC News that he is lucky to be alive after being bitten by the 3.2m (10ft) saltwater crocodile in Australia’s Northern Territory.
Colin bit the crocodile’s eyelid as he struggled to survive. The incident happened in October when stopped at a lake while he was travelling in the area as he was building fences near the Finniss River.
He stood by the lake and was noticing the fish swimming in the middle when all of a sudden a crocodile “latched” onto his right foot. He told the news agency that the crocodile shook him like a “rag doll” while pulling him into the water.
He first tried to set himself free from the crocodile’s jaws by kicking the crocodile in the ribs with his free foot but then decided to bite the crocodile back.
“I was in such an awkward position… but by accident my teeth caught his eyelid. It was pretty thick, like holding onto leather, but I jerked back on his eyelid and he let go,” Colin was quoted as saying by ABC News. “I leapt away and took off with great steps up to where my car was. He chased me for a bit, maybe four metres, but then stopped,” he further added.
Colin applied some first aid by using a towel and some rope to stop the bleeding in his leg. His brother then drove him to the Royal Darwin Hospital which was almost 130 kms away.
“If the crocodile had bitten me somewhere else it would have been different,” Colin said. He also said that the incident has been an eye-opener. “I’ve got to change what I do. I’ve been walking around that swamp country too long fixing fences and living life, but it’s opened my eyes,” he further added.
Crocodiles are protected by local government’s laws in Australia’s Northern Territory. These animals are considered to be of huge scientific and human interest and are a major tourist attraction.
Australia reported a fatal crocodile attack in April on the Kennedy River in Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.
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