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08-07-2016, 11:34 PM
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Re: Removing Human Remains from Crocodiles
It's like a grab-bag. Stick your hand inside till you feel something interesting, then pull it out and see what you got! Hope all those people standing in that long line aren't people with missing family members, hoping to recognize someone as they're pulled from the belly of the croc. |
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08-11-2016, 12:02 PM
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Re: Removing Human Remains from Crocodiles
While I don't condone the killing of the crocodiles, the families probably want the victim's body (or at least pieces of it) recovered, which is understandable.
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08-11-2016, 09:00 PM
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Re: Removing Human Remains from Crocodiles
From a Herpetological / Zoologist stand point...... Both myself and Morragan would say, 1) these are not Crocodilian attacks. 2) someone is killing people sawing them up disposing of them in large Croc areas( I don't mean areas with a lot of Crocodiles, but instead large heavy bodied Crocs) Crocs grab roll twist and grab and roll. There are no bite and submerged punctures that would lead to a conclusion that these bodies were snatched and eaten. Crocodilians will death grip with massive jaw power ( not anywhere near Hyenas) but all the same tons of raw power, then they start to roll. They do this to not only drown their prey but to tear away flesh in the event the prey item gets away by a small fraction of a chance. Those of us who have worked with these animals are trained to go with the roll not panic play dead very quickly and hope you can hold your breath long enough to be stuffed in a "softening" hole and swim out. Of course the other option is to fight back hard and give up a limb. If you fight you will definitely give up a piece of yourself. Morg and I have handled all of the Crocodilian species including Niles. The joints of these bodies would have absolutely come apart with a tug or two after softening BUT there would still be substantial injuries to the bodies. These animals are not gently pulling the prey apart. They are ripping and shredding while they pull. This is looks more like someone was feeding these large crocs remains postmortem. The fact that the head was not cut from the torso is telling as research into actual Crocodilian attacks shows that usually the animal will grab and roll the head off then swallow it separately. The bodies do not show enough damage to say they didn't end up in these Crocs postmortem. The exception is the first video, it shows clear wounds to the victim that are consistent with feeding behavior. I've added the following photos as a comparison of actual Croc wounds compared to these.  · |
