A ranger is on the mend after being bitten by a crocodile at a Townsville wildlife sanctuary.
Video shows the ranger on one side of a chain link fence and Junior, the two-metre crocodile, on the other.
Suddenly, the reptile leaps from the ground, getting its head above a lower part of the fence, to the left of the ranger, and latches on to his finger.Onlooker Kate Javie, who was watching the feeding with her husband, told 9News one of her friends ran to reception to alert staff and get first aid supplies for the injured man.Management described the incident as a consequence of bad timing, saying it would be investigated.
Fortunately, Junior only latched on to the tip of the ranger's middle finger and he is now on the mend. "Maybe the sanctuary can see the footage and learn from it and make sure this doesn't happen again," Javie said.
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