A man bit a crocodile to save his son from a fierce attack

A Filipino father was the protagonist of a fight to clean the head with a crocodile. The man repeatedly hit and bit the animal who was trying to drag his 12 year old son under the water. And so, by dint of jaws, he managed to release the animal.

The case occurred Friday in the Philippine province of Palawan, according to the Manila Bulletin.

Little Diego bathed in a river with his younger brother when a crocodile he surprised her and bit her in the left arm. His little brother ran home to inform his father, Tejada Abdulhasan.

When man came to the river, the crocodile He tried to take the child under the water to drown him. Abdulhasan started to hit the animal several times with his fists but the crocodile seemed insensitive and nothing stopped him.

Then, the man gave the reptile some of his medicine: he bit him with all his strength into a soft part of his leg and after a few moments, the crocodile released the baby and ran away.

The child has been treated at the hospital and is out of danger. "Fortunately and thanks to the courage of his father, the victim did not drown and suffered only bites crocodile, "said local police spokesman Socrates Faltado.

Crocodile attacks are common in the southern part of Palawan, where the marine crocodile lives. Due to the human advance on the natural habitat of these animals, cases of crocodile attacks have multiplied, most of them being fatal.