A crocodile ripped a baby from a boat and devoured it

A 10 year old boy was aboard a boat with his two brothers at Philippine, when a crocodile jumped, snatched it and sank with him in the waters.

On learning, the father desperately searched for his son, but did not find him. A few hours later, a fisherman discovery of the remains of the boy in the area near the attack: it was the head and one of the legs, according to the local police.

The authorities explained that the incident occurred near the town of Balabac, where Reptile attacks have increased because its habitat has been reduced after the growth and development of Filipino cities. In fact, it is the fifth crocodile attack recorded in 2019 in the region.

Is this the group of Palawan Islands, often called the "last frontier" of the Philippines, is home to a remarkable diversity of flora and fauna, but is threatened by uncontrolled development.

In this regard, Jovic Pabello, spokesman of the government council working on environmental conservation in this group of islands in the province of Palawan, badured AFP: "Since 2015, we have never had a year with zero attack on Balabac."It's a conflict over the use of water"he added.

In February, a crocodile attacked a 12-year-old boy while he was swimming in the Balabac River, but he escaped when his brothers hit the reptile's head with oars until he released him, Pabello said.

A Balabac crab fisherman was killed by a crocodile salt water in February of last year, three months after another reptile dragged his niece 12 years late 2017. The girl was not seen again .

The so-called estuary or saltwater crocodile is one of the largest reptiles in the worldgrows up to six meters long and weighs up to one ton.