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Not all things in Australia want to kill you..........

Omegafanman
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This made the UK news feeds yesterday....

Australian man fights off huge crocodile with pocket knife, then drives himself to hospital.....
A Queensland man has escaped the jaws of a crocodile by stabbing it in the head with a pocket knife as it dragged him into a river on Cape York.
Parks and Wildlife officers said the 60-year-old had been fishing on his property on the banks of a remote part of the McIvor River, near Hope Vale, last Wednesday.
He saw a bull standing on part of the bank he wanted to fish from so he shooed it away. As he prepared to cast his line, a crocodile lunged out of the water and knocked him over.

The reptile then clamped its jaws around his boots and started dragging him down the bank. The man grabbed a mangrove tree branch and held on.

Eventually he lost strength and let go, with the crocodile pulling him into the river.
The man used his pocket knife to stab the reptile in its head repeatedly before he went into the water. It suddenly let go and the man scrambled back up the bank to safety.

He then drove himself to Cooktown hospital and from there he was flown to Cairns, where he is recovering from his injuries.....
 
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Omegafanman Omegafanman
This made the UK news feeds yesterday....

Australian man fights off huge crocodile with pocket knife, then drives himself to hospital.....
A Queensland man has escaped the jaws of a crocodile by stabbing it in the head with a pocket knife as it dragged him into a river on Cape York.
Parks and Wildlife officers said the 60-year-old had been fishing on his property on the banks of a remote part of the McIvor River, near Hope Vale, last Wednesday.
He saw a bull standing on part of the bank he wanted to fish from so he shooed it away. As he prepared to cast his line, a crocodile lunged out of the water and knocked him over.

The reptile then clamped its jaws around his boots and started dragging him down the bank. The man grabbed a mangrove tree branch and held on.

Eventually he lost strength and let go, with the crocodile pulling him into the river.
The man used his pocket knife to stab the reptile in its head repeatedly before he went into the water. It suddenly let go and the man scrambled back up the bank to safety.

He then drove himself to Cooktown hospital and from there he was flown to Cairns, where he is recovering from his injuries.....
Isn't something like that simple referred to as "a typical Wednesday" in Australia?
 
140dave
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👍 Well if eggs were not supposed to be eaten then why are they so tasty? Can’t blame the beast…
 
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😲😲😲

Why did I look? I know better. No sleep tonight...
 
arturo7
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OT but Australia related:

Is it normal for rugby fans to cheer on their teams with celery?
 
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Read the caption out loud with an Aussie accent.....
 
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MRC MRC
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Read the caption out loud with an Aussie accent.....

Nice. Thank you.
 
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