Care must be taken when dealing with wildlife, no matter how friendly. Even a moment’s irritation can sometimes be life-threatening. A video that proves this comes out of a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa. This is the footage of a 16-foot-long crocodile attacking a zoo employee. The incident took place at a crocodile farm named Crocodile Creek.
The employee, Sian Le Clos, was attacked. Xian was performing for visitors in the enclosure where the two crocodiles were housed. Walking near the crocodiles, Cyan bravely climbed out of the crocodile named Hannibal. Sian’s performance was telling the visitors that this is the only crocodile in South Africa that he can talk to because he climbed out like this. While sitting on the crocodile talking to the visitors, a second crocodile suddenly came forward to bite Sian’s leg.
Cyan jumped off Hannibal’s side with a thud. But unexpectedly, Hannibal bit Xian’s thigh. Unable to resist the attack of the crocodile, he fell down. But a big accident was avoided because he quickly ran away from there. The visitors who saw the incident were also panicked. Sian has been taking care of Hannibal for 30 years. Hannibal is 16 feet long and weighs over 660 kilograms. Zoo officials said that Sian was not seriously injured in the incident. Hannibal’s two teeth bore deep scars on his legs. But this is not the first time that Sian has been attacked by crocodiles. He had been unable to walk for a year after being bitten on the leg by another crocodile. Since he was not seriously injured in the last incident, Sian soon resumed work.
Zoo officials said this is the first time Hannibal has attacked his caretaker. Hannibal was enraged because he saw the crocodile with him trying to attack. Visitors also say that if there had been a strong attack, Sian’s life would have been in danger. The footage of the crocodile attack was released through the Facebook page of the World Heart Wildlife Foundation.