They took the body of an 8-year-old boy from the stomach of a 7-meter crocodile

Eight-year-old boy died after a seven-meter crocodile attacked him while fishing with his father on the coast of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The reptile had to cut the stomach to be able to remove the body.

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Dimas Mulkan Saputra he was next to his father when he was away from her gaze for a while. According to what Indonesian media reported Serambinews, the boy was gone, with his brother, to enter an area of the Tempaku River.

Meanwhile, her father, Subliansyah, I watched them from afar. When they least expected it, the animal appeared without anyone noticing and attacked him. He swallowed it in one bite. Noticing the situation, and desperately, the father hit the crocodile which after a few minutes disappeared into the depths of the river. “He chased the crocodile and hit it with his hands, but couldn’t follow itSaid a policeman, according to British media. Daily mail.

The animal was found a day after the disappearance, in the village of Muara Bengalon. Authorities removed Dimas’ body intact, but the boy died of suffocation, the site noted. The sun. “There were only bite marks on the victim’s hands,” the neighborhood police chief said, Slamet Riyadi.

The moment they opened the crocodile was recorded on some photos, while many who witnessed this moment exclaimed “Dimas”, hoping he was alive. Some, realizing the tragedy, burst into collective tears.

The unfortunate episode occurred in a region in which it is usual this type of accident with animals occurs. A week ago, an eight-year-old boy died after being attacked by another crocodile while playing near a river.

A gigantic crocodile swallowed a slipper

A month ago at the Florida Zoo there was an extreme situation with another crocodile, but the ending was happy. A group of vets performed complicated surgery on a reptile over three meters tall and 155 kilos that a slipper had swallowed. To extract the object, professionals had to try different methods, as the anatomy of the animal and the location of the shoes made the task difficult. After several hours in the operating room, they managed to save his life.

The reptile, called Anuket, in honor of an Egyptian goddess, devoured a slipper that a tourist dropped after jumping on a zipline. At first, the crocodile spat out the shoes. However, within minutes he swallowed it again and couldn’t kick it out.

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The team that operated it managed to retrieve the object. “If he hadn’t done it in time, Anuket would have died of a broken stomach or even of starvation. It would have been a long and painful death, ”he said. Adam biedrzycki, the person in charge of the surgery. The result of the operation was so positive that after spending only one night under observation, the crocodile has been unloaded and brought home to the zoo.